teachers and students have their eyes on minimum standards rather than exceptionally high expectations for each student’s learning and growth.
NCLB has failed miserably to inspire students and teachers to have high expectations, however, because the initiative is all about minimum standards.
In the schools blessed with administrative and teacher leaders who have the passion for differentiated instruction and helping each child learn which Sharon Tate describes in this video, AND focused on the ways digital technologies can help make the learning process even better. THAT is what our schools need.
