http://educationnext.org/the-end-of-the-education-debate/ Education Next is a journal of opinion and research about education policy. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:19:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://educationnext.org/the-end-of-the-education-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-73852 Best of Dropout Nation: Making Parents Consumers -- and Kings -- in Education | Dropout Nation: Coverage of the Reform of American Public Education Edited by RiShawn Biddle Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:21:13 +0000 http://educationnext.org/?p=49632039#comment-73852 [...] and school districts) to accept the need for effective change. As Fordham’s Checker Finn points out, reformers are slowly being forced to admit that their longstanding conceits also need updating [...] [...] and school districts) to accept the need for effective change. As Fordham’s Checker Finn points out, reformers are slowly being forced to admit that their longstanding conceits also need updating [...]

]]> http://educationnext.org/the-end-of-the-education-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-1095 Mike Johanek Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:56:54 +0000 http://educationnext.org/?p=49632039#comment-1095 The effort to capture what may be a turning point in the school reform debate is greatly appreciated. I would agree that many of our current consensus ideas "are just not powerful enough" for the educational challenge at hand, and argue for some fundamental reconsideration in http://www.gse.upenn.edu/review/feature/johanek . The effort to capture what may be a turning point in the school reform debate is greatly appreciated. I would agree that many of our current consensus ideas “are just not powerful enough” for the educational challenge at hand, and argue for some fundamental reconsideration in http://www.gse.upenn.edu/review/feature/johanek .

]]> http://educationnext.org/the-end-of-the-education-debate/comment-page-1/#comment-1088 Al Rode Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:08:36 +0000 http://educationnext.org/?p=49632039#comment-1088 There can be no standards debate so long as schools are forced to adopt textbooks from the DOE's list of 'exemplary' curriculum. In truth these programs are inferior especially when one attempts meaningful comparisons with Asian textbooks, such as Singapore. Our schools are failures. Our schools promote students who don't deserve to be promoted and worse we promote the majority of our students into tracks that result in failure. It is unethical that we force children to read books that they do not understand. It is unethical that we have alternative programs in the US that only graduate 5% of their students. So long as legislatures turn a blind eye on textbooks, there will be no improvement. The great education hoax is the standards movement. There can be no standards debate so long as schools are forced to adopt textbooks from the DOE’s list of ‘exemplary’ curriculum. In truth these programs are inferior especially when one attempts meaningful comparisons with Asian textbooks, such as Singapore. Our schools are failures. Our schools promote students who don’t deserve to be promoted and worse we promote the majority of our students into tracks that result in failure. It is unethical that we force children to read books that they do not understand. It is unethical that we have alternative programs in the US that only graduate 5% of their students. So long as legislatures turn a blind eye on textbooks, there will be no improvement. The great education hoax is the standards movement.

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