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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Expand the criteria for education
In a recent post Mary O'Brien wrote: The few people that took the time to argue in favor of these tests had lame exuses...a man ... said he had to take standardized tests (the man was a 60ish, white, obviously sucessful businessman)and everyone else should, too This is part of the tired idea that history repeats itself and nothing changes. Not true. Kids today are different! Limiting education reform to raising good-old-fashioned test scores on basic skills keeps American education, and America, from living up to its full potential as we enter the new millennium. We need schools that cultivate the new, must-have attributes for a more vital future: creativity and the ability to form close human relationships. Test scores on skills-and-knowledge go up in direct relationship to the presence of innovation and human warmth in the classroom. Holding a school accountable without giving it the freedom to be responsible is a no-win situation. If the spirit of innovation is absent and relationships are shallow and stereotyped, it will also be obvious why tests measuring basic skills and knowledge are low. That's like pushing a car down the street instead of first putting gas in the tank. PS Where can I find the article "Only For My Kid" by Alfie Kohn? Joan Jaeckel Founder, www.whole.org the education project Los Angeles BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 N:Jaeckel;Joan FN:Joan Jaeckel ORG:w h o l e . o r g / the education project TITLE:Founder NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:w w w . w h o l e . o r g / the education project is a civil society initiat= ive created to conceive, share, and realize ways to include all concerned in= decision-making about education in America through means that are more comp= atible with releasing the power of the individual,the organization, and the = culture as a whole. =0D=0A=0D=0Aw h o l e . o r g has non-profit status und= er the Rudolf Steiner Foundation as a Pre-Approved Grant Fund. The RSF assi= sts projects furthering self-development of the individual and responsible f= reedom in society, a conceptual link developed by the 20th Century social th= inker Rudolf Steiner.=0D=0A=0D=0ATo ask about making a tax-deductible contri= butions to w h o l e . o r g, please email Joan Jaeckel at jjaeckel@whole.or= g=0D=0A TEL;WORK;FAX:818.343.5250 ADR;WORK:;;;Encino;CA LABEL;WORK:Encino, CA URL: URL:http://www.whole.org EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:jjaeckel@whole.org REV:19990222T192642Z END:VCARD
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