2008/5/23 Eben Eliason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Antoine van Gelder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On 19 May 2008, at 19:21, Albert Cahalan wrote: >>>> >>>> Are you serious? Are you really a Republican? No Child's Behind Left >>>> is the worst disaster in education in decades, as John Holt would have >>>> been the first to point out if he had lived long enough. Who claims >>>> that NCLB is raising skills, as opposed to test scores? With what >>>> evidence? The real skills aren't on the standardized tests. >>> >>> Accountability and measurement is critical. Without that, you have >>> an unreliable system that produces a few winners and many losers. >>> While I regret that NCLB doesn't do much for the brightest, it is >>> extremely important for society that we raise the educational level >>> of the low acheivers. > > For what it's worth, I would be careful to portray "the low-achievers" > and "the brightest" as opposites. As I note below, I frequently find > that some of the brightest are also some of the low-achievers, due to > certain aspects of the educational system.
Please please please distinguish the compulsory government schooling system from the overall education system in a country. http://www.spinninglobe.net/9assumptions.htm explains some of the reasons state schools don't teach the way children learn. -- Regards, Dave _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel