Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on June 19, 2007 - 07:52.
How fitting that a zine called edutopia reports on a concept that can only really happen in a utopia. As we all know, utopia does not exist and in the vast majority of schools, the resources to implement this program do not exist either. First and most obvious is the huge grant needed to even get this program started. If the average school could get it hands on an extra $6 million, it most certainly couldn't justify this as the best way to spend it. Second, with nearly 30 children in a classroom, a teacher will need super human abilities and a time machine in order to motivate and direct students and then analyze and grade all of this individualized activity. Third, covering all the material needed to meet state curriculum guidelines and state and federal testing standards is difficult enough without having students going off in dozens of different directions.
edutopia reports utopia
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on June 19, 2007 - 07:52.
How fitting that a zine called edutopia reports on a concept that can only really happen in a utopia. As we all know, utopia does not exist and in the vast majority of schools, the resources to implement this program do not exist either. First and most obvious is the huge grant needed to even get this program started. If the average school could get it hands on an extra $6 million, it most certainly couldn't justify this as the best way to spend it. Second, with nearly 30 children in a classroom, a teacher will need super human abilities and a time machine in order to motivate and direct students and then analyze and grade all of this individualized activity. Third, covering all the material needed to meet state curriculum guidelines and state and federal testing standards is difficult enough without having students going off in dozens of different directions.