Re: reporter comments on 'rigor'

[Karen Canty <kvscanty@pacbell.net>]

Susan,

I finally had a chance to read this - great and it reminded me of
something Frank McCourt said at the School Boards conference in Ca. this
December...he gave a very funny speech about being a teacher in New York
but the one thing he said that struck home was that "we must not like
our children very much" - because we NEVER EVER leave them alone and
because we are turning school into a forced march!

I think Robert Koehler would agree, don't you?

Karen

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I'm really pleased to see this evidence that reporters are finding my
website. This one does a very good job. He certainly takes a different
message from rigor when talking about his daughter than does, say, Jay
M. when talking about his.
susan
http://www.susanohanian.org


Spokesman-Review.com (Spokane)
     Wednesday, January 1, 2003 

      Commentary

      Schools need more vigor, less rigor
      Teachers and students are being scared stiff by standardized tests
that value proficiency over understanding, says Robert Koehler .