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Tony SearlThe Carnegie Unit lives with us today - truly, nothing structural has changed in US education since 1910. We still measure academics via seat time. We count our credits - both at the secondary and post-secondary level - by hours spent "in instruction" on specified subjects. Does it cripple us? Does it truly block reform? Does it prevent interdisciplinary instruction or open schooling?
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problem is our lack of imagination - and our unwillingness to take real
risks in changing a broken system. -
lacked the central control authorities
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M McBridevia @intrepidteacher
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KM AndersonIra Socol on TW // July 16 09 entry on Ulysses recs diff audio recordings // check his blogroll 5 June 09 // see June 2 09 for great huge reading list.
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So when people talk about measurement in education, I always get angry, because I know that neither Arne Duncan nor Michelle Rhee would give a dime of merit pay to Mr. Lasic for helping that kid learn to smile, nor even to that Latin teacher for letting my son rush ahead. -
schools which must spend years making their children simply feel safe will always be rated below those in wealthy suburbs. Because you can not discuss "standards" or "evaluation" or even "accountability" until you adopt some kind of legitimate sense of what counts in the education of each individual child. And we are nowhere close to even having that conversation.
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Tania BlakIra Socol's blog.
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Peggy GeorgeExcellent special education blog with lots of great links to other resources.
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gina stefaniniA future of education for all the different students in demoncratic societies
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