[humblegunner]

Interesting that you only post your own stuff.

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:brucedeitrickprice/index?tab=articles

[Parmy]

Whether it is his own post doesn't matter. As a husband of a retired teacher i know he is spot on. Every teacher who wants to do a good job is extremely frustrated. Why? Because they don't choose the curriculum. That is done by educated fools who have gotten out of the classroom as fast as they could get the credits to become principals or superintendents.

Plus the school boards are just figure heads that are doing it 'for the children'. And, they go along with the administrations, because what do they know about education?

[Sherman Logan]

Good points all.

Misses what is to my mind the most important problem in modern educational theory.

What is the purpose or goal of education? The question is simply not answered. When an attempt is made to answer it, usually involves something along the lines of equality and changing the world.

to my mind, what education should be is blindingly obvious. It’s purpose should be to help each and every child reach his/her maximum potential. Wont’ ever be accomplished, but that should be the goal.

If this were to be done, each and every child would be more educated than he is with the present system. But by definition the spread between top and bottom would be greater than at present. And for the ideologues of the education system, that’s unacceptable.

[Excellence]

Are you familiar with the situation in New York? After three years of good results with the Core Knowledge Curriculum, it has been replaced by the Teachers’ College method only because de Blasio’s ed chick Farina has a very special relationship with the woman who developed it. It is not evidenced based. No, systems can’t be just switched out.
Not as long as a progressive is in charge.

[Organic Panic]