Submitted by LJ Fleming (not verified) on April 4, 2008 - 15:30.
Anthony Cody's "Silent Statistics" resonated with me. I would agree with all that he wrote. I think his concerns related to too little time spent teaching other than to the test, students rebelling when asked to read, and increasing drop-out rates are well-founded.
Cody's medical analogy and Anne Jolly's asking if we would like our doctor or the head of the hospital to write our prescriptions are both accurate. All these remedies do have side effects, but we are ignoring them. Meanwhile, we are pushing the teacher who knows the student best out of the equation in order to follow and use more and more standard prescriptions.
Cody's comments are so true - from a high school teacher
Submitted by LJ Fleming (not verified) on April 4, 2008 - 15:30.
Anthony Cody's "Silent Statistics" resonated with me. I would agree with all that he wrote. I think his concerns related to too little time spent teaching other than to the test, students rebelling when asked to read, and increasing drop-out rates are well-founded.
Cody's medical analogy and Anne Jolly's asking if we would like our doctor or the head of the hospital to write our prescriptions are both accurate. All these remedies do have side effects, but we are ignoring them. Meanwhile, we are pushing the teacher who knows the student best out of the equation in order to follow and use more and more standard prescriptions.