Hi! Here are the concluding paragraphs of Alfie Kohn's somewhat playfully provocative reaction to the American Association of School Librarians’ “Standards for the 21st-Century Learner”:
"To fight for what matters requires us to fight against what gets in the way. So will AASL take a public stand against reading incentives, narrow reading-instruction curricula, and testing? Will its members fight against these things on a daily basis? One last mischievous thought: Shouldn’t documents like this one be created with students rather than just for them? If our goals for children include helping them to be thoughtful decision-makers with democratic skills (and dispositions!), then perhaps they should be part of the process of developing future standards rather than having adults decide unilaterally how we want them to turn out." Just couldn't resist posting this ;-) as it seems to have implications that extend far beyond the library. Thoughts?! Take care, Bill Ivey Stoneleigh-Burnham School _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
