The Washington Post, December 4th, 1988
Heraclitus once observed that you can't step in the same river twice. The water will be different; you will be different. Change is the fundamental condition of existence, the Greek philosopher thought, and so the past simply cannot be repeated. Well, Heraclitus never saw American education. In our schools, we are startlingly capable of repeating ourselves, even in the name of reform-which should have change as its essence. Fairfax County's merit system for teachers, introduced last year, is a case in point. The idea is to reward good teaching, which would be a much-needed innovation. But the ...
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