Trenton is joined by Ben Berte and James Seaman to explore the necessity for balance and trust in our teachers if we hope to foster innovation and growth in our classrooms.

How do teachers develop their skills and improve instructional practice? A high school teacher and principal meet with Trenton to share their thoughts on government intervention as an increasingly paternalistic presence in the classroom, limiting an educator’s ability to grow and adapt.

Trenton is joined by two elementary school principals to examine the complex process of human events we call “teaching” and deconstruct the necessary components of a successful teacher-student relationship, including autonomy and intuition.

Over the course of a mere 30 years, society went from trusting our teachers to applying external, high stakes, individual accountability for someone else’s work – proof of professionalism measured by a single test score.