Submitted by Chuck (not verified) on September 24, 2007 - 14:40.
A Standard should not be a prescription of when, how and what. That is where NCLB concludes at the local level - the how, what and when for content delivery and memorization.
Standards should be like the Green and White Interstate signs, they provide essential information to guide the student on their learning journey. The journey belongs to the child, yet we insist on taking it away with the good intentions of bad legislation.
And before you applaud those who incorrectly use a standards, top down approach to education - work with some of the graduates of such systems. They accomplish nothing in the real world of constant change.
NCLB
Submitted by Chuck (not verified) on September 24, 2007 - 14:40.
A Standard should not be a prescription of when, how and what. That is where NCLB concludes at the local level - the how, what and when for content delivery and memorization.
Standards should be like the Green and White Interstate signs, they provide essential information to guide the student on their learning journey. The journey belongs to the child, yet we insist on taking it away with the good intentions of bad legislation.
And before you applaud those who incorrectly use a standards, top down approach to education - work with some of the graduates of such systems. They accomplish nothing in the real world of constant change.