http://mediaroots.org/standards-based-education-not-the-answer/ Tue, 04 Dec 2018 16:55:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2 http://mediaroots.org/standards-based-education-not-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:31:24 +0000 http://localhost/mediaroots/standards-based-education-not-the-answer/#comment-471 I assume you know Alfie Kohn’s work? He’s one of the best pedagogists, if not the best, out there: alfiekohn.org

]]> http://mediaroots.org/standards-based-education-not-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-470 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:42:21 +0000 http://localhost/mediaroots/standards-based-education-not-the-answer/#comment-470 Comment below; I meant “One thing” not “One think.”

]]> http://mediaroots.org/standards-based-education-not-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:40:31 +0000 http://localhost/mediaroots/standards-based-education-not-the-answer/#comment-469 EXCELLENT article; what a bleak assessment of our educational system, once the beacon and shining example for the world. One think Finland, Scandinavia in general and the Asian countries have in their favor though is a homogenized population and common language. “No child left behind” and “race to the top” work against the system with our large immigrant population and children learning English as a second language. There has to be a better way to incorporate all and it seems we are veering further away from the solution.

]]> http://mediaroots.org/standards-based-education-not-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-468 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 02:26:32 +0000 http://localhost/mediaroots/standards-based-education-not-the-answer/#comment-468 This is a great article and I couldn’t agree more. Unfortunately educational reform requires the re-evaluation of what is truly important in regard to being a human being. Since the goal of the education system is to simply prepare the youth for American life, it will continue to churn out drones for the corporate American dream. Educational reform that would deviate from this perspective would only be possible with a different focus as a society and with the all mighty dollar at the helm this is a far away hope. Standardizing education is an easy way (cop) out much like creating a stencil for trees and shoving a forest through it one by one.

]]> http://mediaroots.org/standards-based-education-not-the-answer/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:41:04 +0000 http://localhost/mediaroots/standards-based-education-not-the-answer/#comment-467 this is a lousy form of privatization, when it is still taxpayer funded. How about we actually privatize it, get the government out of the picture, and make parents responsible for their own kids’ education?

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