Actor Tony Danza will “co-teach” a 10th gradeEnglish class at Philadelphia’s Northeast High, if the district agrees to the reality TV show, “Teach.” Danza is known for playing loveable lugs, but he’s boning up on Of Mice andMen.
Yo! Danza as Philly teacher
August 18, 2009 By
Once a San Jose Mercury News op-ed columnist, I left mainstream media in 2001 to write a book on a start-up charter school, "Our School: The Inspiring Story of Two Teachers, One Big Idea and the Charter School That Beat the Odds." I blog on education and work as a freelance writer and speaker.
Not sure the goals of TV producers and educators will necessarily mesh. Nancy Flanagan has a thoughtful posting on this problem: http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/teacher_in_a_strange_land/2009/08/yo-extremely-bad-idea.html