London art teacher, Andria Zafiraku, is “the best teacher in the world”. Blimey. Who says? The Varkey Foundation. She’s just won their $1 million prize. Drat! I’ve been passed over yet again – and so have you.
Millions of us. All at least “world class”. How do you whittle us down to just one? In the whole wide world? Do we still need this myth of the super teacher? There are so many ways of being good at it. Couldn’t they have spread the money around more?
The ceremony, dubbed the Nobel of teaching, was held in Dubai. Why? Isn’t it a haven of unhinged capitalism, doubtful gender politics and very dodgy discipline? Should we be encouraging this sort of thing?
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