Comments on: Why Is Reform So Hard? http://educationnext.org/why-is-reform-so-hard/ 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 By: D http://educationnext.org/why-is-reform-so-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-15959 D Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:32:30 +0000 http://educationnext.org/?p=49635464#comment-15959 Imagine the coxts saved by dismantling NCLB as well! Students would not only benefit from having their uniqueness identified and addressed in educational planning but schools and the public would be spared misleading data. When or if reforms are based on ludicrous goals and platforms, why support it? I tend to opine education is not about the students anymore, : it has become about political gain via the selective use of data to create illusions.. It is all about politics. Imagine the coxts saved by dismantling NCLB as well! Students would not only benefit from having their uniqueness identified and addressed in educational planning but schools and the public would be spared misleading data. When or if reforms are based on ludicrous goals and platforms, why support it? I tend to opine education is not about the students anymore, : it has become about political gain via the selective use of data to create illusions.. It is all about politics.

]]> By: Lisa Jones http://educationnext.org/why-is-reform-so-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-15731 Lisa Jones Sun, 04 Jul 2010 02:04:52 +0000 http://educationnext.org/?p=49635464#comment-15731 When you state "slowing down the pace of innovation is appropriate in the face of the potential job losses" you assume that innovation HAS to cost alot. I don't believe that. When you state “slowing down the pace of innovation is appropriate in the face of the potential job losses” you assume that innovation HAS to cost alot. I don’t believe that.

]]> By: puzzle palace rat http://educationnext.org/why-is-reform-so-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-15639 puzzle palace rat Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:27:08 +0000 http://educationnext.org/?p=49635464#comment-15639 This blurb stumbles over its own inconsistencies. It begins by admitting that 4 decades of "reform" have not worked: "Many people find it hard to believe that student performance has been flat for four decades ... when we have put into place a number of reform measures. " Then questions why we should "sacrifice innovation and reform when there is a threat to [keeping teachers in classrooms]." Sorry, but at risk of stating the obvious, given the sorry history of "reform," might we not have slight reason to be sceptical of the latest? Oh, sorry, forgot, it's "real reform" this time. This blurb stumbles over its own inconsistencies. It begins by admitting that 4 decades of “reform” have not worked:

“Many people find it hard to believe that student performance has been flat for four decades … when we have put into place a number of reform measures. ”

Then questions why we should “sacrifice innovation and reform when there is a threat to [keeping teachers in classrooms].”

Sorry, but at risk of stating the obvious, given the sorry history of “reform,” might we not have slight reason to be sceptical of the latest?

Oh, sorry, forgot, it’s “real reform” this time.

]]> By: Terry Daughery http://educationnext.org/why-is-reform-so-hard/comment-page-1/#comment-15635 Terry Daughery Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:02:40 +0000 http://educationnext.org/?p=49635464#comment-15635 Yes, having students in larger classrooms is all about the adults. Yes, cutting Art and Music programs is all about the adults. Keeping Race to the Top is all about kids, or kids and the Edubusiness that is making money off of Race to the Top. Yes, having students in larger classrooms is all about the adults. Yes, cutting Art and Music programs is all about the adults. Keeping Race to the Top is all about kids, or kids and the Edubusiness that is making money off of Race to the Top.

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