Writer-educator Michael Keathley joins us in promoting teacher voice, in his extensive blog post today. It’s great that he mentions Teachers Speak Up, but he also has plenty to say, himself, about us educators and our tendency to play the martyr role behind closed doors, rather than speaking out to the public about what we do and how valuable it is.

Mr. Keathley, you describe how you succeeded in gaining some excellent publicity in the past. So we hope you are still sending your message out to inform your local newspapers and public officials, about great teaching that you’ve done or observed. Perhaps it depends on who are the readers of your blog.