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[quote user="Betty Price"]But, if one is realistic, not even DC would have gotten into the act if all things in the public-school arena was honky-dory.[/quote] True enough, and you probably can anticipate my reply. No school is perfect, and some are more imperfect than others. That was true...
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[quote user="Clonnie Yearout"] 2. "Teaching to the test." I guess the operative words in this phrase would be "the test," or more specifically, the SOL's, because all teachers have always "taught to the test," haven't they? It's just that in the past...
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[quote user="Clonnie Yearout"]1. Several panelist have spoken about teaching "reasoning skills," or teaching students "how to think." I would like for someone to elaborate a little and tell me exactly what is meant by those terms. To me, they suggest a process where the...
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Should the state revisit its Standards of Learning tests and the emphasis placed upon them for determining whether schools are succeeding? The SOL tests make sense only if one believes that all children in Virginia should and can learn the same things at the same pace and then pass the same tests at...
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[quote user="Luanne Traud"] Should the state revisit its Standards of Learning tests and the emphasis placed upon them for determining whether schools are succeeding? [/quote] All children in our society deserve a quality education-it is a basic necessity. With No Child Left Behind (NCLB),...
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[quote user="Joe Merola"]I think I am going to fully open the can of worms that others have mentioned in some of the posts: talent. We recognize that people have different talents in sports and in music such that only someone with real talent will be able to perform at a high level. Yet, we...
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[quote user="bobchristenson"]Since many of our panelists are current or former educators, I would like to ask the question "How much of what you teach is necessary and how much is merely interesting." ... My second question is " Do modern schools actually have a course in critical...
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[quote user=" Moran"] When my daughter was in second grade, the economic term “opportunity cost” was determined to be a concept that was age appropriate for children age 7 or 8. By third grade, ancient Mali and the “griots” are a part of the standards. If an adult reading...
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[quote user="Bob Terry"]On graduating I started work with the world's largest bureaucracy. Soon I became a part of our second largest bureaucracy, the US Army. No matter how hard devoted men try bureaucracies can not operate efficiently.... [/quote] You bring an interesting perspective...
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[quote user="Betty Price"]Yeah, Dave, the attitude of both students and teachers is in a finale mode, but too much time is flat-out wasted with films and whatnot--either the tests need to be given later or something worthwhile and meaningful, educationally, should be taking place; after all...