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Brunsell bookmarked on 2009-09-28
  • More important than why we test is "Why School?". It's the title of Mike Rose's latest wonderful book (The New Press). What I want to argue out with you, and our readers, is the nature of the kind of curriculum or subject matter for which schools in a democratic society, funded by public monies, should be held accountable. What can we demonstrate is essential for 100 percent of all voters—18-year-olds—to understand?

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  • 28 Sep 09
    brunsell
    Brunsell
    • More important than why we test is "Why School?". It's the title of Mike Rose's latest wonderful book (The New Press). What I want to argue out with you, and our readers, is the nature of the kind of curriculum or subject matter for which schools in a democratic society, funded by public monies, should be held accountable. What can we demonstrate is essential for 100 percent of all voters—18-year-olds—to understand?
  • 27 Sep 09
    jescantonelli
    jessica antonelli

    rethinklearningnow.org

    savvy consideration of what we're supposed to be teaching in a democracy in the first place...what are the skills and knowldge people REALLY need?