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“Bill Gates is wrong. American education is not “broken.”Federal education policy is broken.Testing children until they cry is a bad idea. It is educational malpractice.“Bill Gates is wrong. American education is not “broken.”Federal... more
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Excerpt: "First, let's drop the entire idea of miracle success and superstars. It makes for exciting copy and turns into nice movies, but is not reality. I am an award-winning teacher. I know others similarly honored. But for all of us the real reward is not the ceremonies, although the recognition is nice and any financial bonus is always welcomed. Rather it is when we can see the students connect, improve. It is when the students reach out to us later to thank us, especially those students we were not sure we were reaching.
"It is not just 'reform' that cannot be done 'to' - it is teaching, because it is done 'with.'
"Look again at the first part of that last sentence: Reform has to be something that is done with a community of teachers, students and parents. It is why the solution is NOT to close down schools and ship students across town, as is being done in too many cases - in NYC, in Philadelphia, most of all in Chicago. Education occurs in the context of community, a community that includes families as well as the educators."Excerpt: "First, let's drop the entire idea of miracle success and... more
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The Texas GOP spells it out for us: critical thinking challenges fixed beliefs and undermines parental authority.Their
concern is understandable. Every culture wants to pass on to its
children its own values and one of the most effective ways of doing this
is through parental authority. Schools help reinforce social values
through indoctrination. The fear is that education designed to have students think critically undermines society by questioning the very values upon which it is based.The Texas GOP spells it out for us: critical thinking challenges fixed beliefs and... more
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Richard D. Wolff, the most popular Marxist in the USofA, writing in Truthout, dissects the latest flatulence from the Tom Friedman, The NYTimes’ Moustache of Punditical Masterfulness, on the subject of what costs are concealed behind the “Wonders” of the electronic classroom:Richard D. Wolff, the most popular Marxist in the USofA, writing in Truthout, dissects... more
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Rant: The CorpoRatistas, the Standardistas, the Charteristas are making tortured noises about the condition of Amrica’s public schools, bemoaning the recently released test results which place the US 18th overall, among the 34 industrialized nations.Rant: The CorpoRatistas, the Standardistas, the Charteristas are making tortured... more
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The Dirty Secret of Proprietary “Universities”-Union Workers Died-Emanuel: “Screw the Unions-TFA: The Myth of GoldilocksThe Dirty Secret of Proprietary “Universities”-Union Workers Died-Emanuel:... more
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Unanswered questions about standardized tests
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