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Interversity Quotes"I think it's time to ask the Standardistos: Where's the test for compassion? For honesty? For curiosity? For moral commitment? Until they can answer, let's tell them to shut up." —Susan Ohanian (One Size Fits Few: The Folly of Educational Standards) Interversity ProjectsEchoes of Orwell:The purpose of this webforum is to promote a lively discussion among students and faculty alike about George Orwell's 1984 and the parallels or echoes found in today's society. |
[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] nclb as vicious circle
?The problem isn?t that schools aren?t improving test scores and meeting their annual yearly improvement as defined by NCLB. The bigger concern should be that schools have been reduced to institutions where children are viewed as objects and instruction is relegated to a production-line state of mind. The result is that schools, teachers and children are becoming more and more stressed out as the testing demands increase. Instead of motivating a more humanistic approach to instruction, which would actually encourage learning, schools are forced to teach to improve test scores. This has a boomerang effect of creating an environment where learning is more difficult and students are less successful.? (from ?NCLB and Education Today: Fighting an Uphill Battle? in The Rutland Herald of May 7, 2008 by Alis Headlan, a senior fellow with the Vermont Society for the Study of Education) pwmjoy@earthlink.net EarthLink Revolves Around You.
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