Education, K-12, vo-tech, undergrad, postgrad: What does right look like? |
 Dec 29 2008, 09:49 AM
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I've taken the liberty of spinning this off from the Obama appointment thread. Doris' question got me thinking a different way from discussing the new Administration players.
QUOTE(DorisTLC @ Dec 28 2008, 09:41 PM)  Education Secretary: I can't help but feel this person has quite a whole to dig us out of. I'm hoping for someone who is anti-standardized tests and has a more realistic view of education. How do you guys feel about his appointment of Chicago's Arne Duncan? A none reformer, he's apparently given teacher's the leeway to try new things and pull them away from merely teaching a testing format. Here is what the Wall-Street Journal has to say about him QUOTE The CEO of the Chicago public schools and the ultimate diplomat, Mr. Duncan rises to the rim at a moment when teachers unions are, for the first time, facing opposition within the Democratic Party from young idealists who favor education reform. They want to recapture what should always have been a natural issue for Democrats: helping underprivileged kids get out of failing public schools. Apparently the guy is quite the basketball player too.  What do you guys think of this appointment? DorisTLC, I know you're a teacher. How do we set our children up for success in this world. What should "right look like" at K-12? How do we avoid social promotion and undereducated young people leaving high school? I'm not asking those from my usual Red perspective; our Nation needs well-educated young people entering the workforce, whether it happens after HS, vo-tech, undergrad, or grad school. I agree standardized testing isn't the answer, but as someone who pays taxes (lots of taxes) for education, and as someone with a child in the system, I want to know the product coming out is competent and confident. Your thoughts on how we assure the graduate has a solid skillset? What about the arts and physical education. I graduated HS in 1974, at that point PE was still a requirment throughout HS. Certainly I see the benefits (now all the more so) of a quality fine arts education, the discipline involved in learning theater, band or orchestra is simply amazing ot me. -------------------- The last enemy to be destroyed is death-- First Corinthians, Chapter 15, Verse 26 The epitaph of James and Lily Potter |
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