"American education has a long history of infatuation with fads and ill-considered ideas. The current obsession with making our schools work like a business may be the worst of them, for it threatens to destroy public education. Who will stand up to the tycoons and politicians and tell them so?"
Diane Ravitch
Parents Across America presents:
Moving Forward in Public Education: Ideas That Work
A Panel Discussion
Thursday, May 31st at 6:30 PM
Rainier Beach High School Auditorium
8815 Seward Park Ave. S.
Seattle, WA 98118
Featuring:
Dr. Margit McGuire, Professor and Director, Seattle Universityʼs Teacher Education Program
Sharon Okamoto, Principal, Seattle Urban Academy
Rita Green, parent and PTA vice-president, Rainier Beach High School
Marquita Prinzing, teacher, Sanislo Elementary School
For more information e-mail seattle.paa@gmail.com or call 206-724-5556.
"There is something grotesque about the fact that education reform is being led not by educators but by financiers and speculators and billionaires."
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The League of Women Voters
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“Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.”
"...charter chains would prefer national standards...
This would allow them to use prepackaged curricula across
their charter outlets no matter the location...for dummied
down standardized curriculum keeps costs down and the
dispensation is formulaic and repetitive. This is the Walmart model of education."
"When the country was debating the economic-stimulus plan, policy makers asked economists for advice, and the press frequently provided a forum for them to express their opinions. Yet when discussing education, the experts, those who work with children every day in classrooms, are rarely consulted. It seems to me that if this is a genuine concern, those who best understand the challenges and problems in our schools, namely teachers, should be asked what they think."
"It is odd that school leaders feel triumphant when they close schools, as though they were not responsible for them. They enjoy the role of executioner, shirking any responsibility for the schools in their care."
Wow. That’s terrible! I’m definitely going to check out that post.