Right. Because the solution is to treat our children more like inmates.
Or perhaps we can consider the reality, demonstrated by a century of educational research, that learning is a complex contextual and relational process that can't be reduced to these brute methods. I cringe a little bit when I hear people treat this regressive back-to-basics educational approach as if it had equal merit with methods that actually consider the research on how kids learn. It seems rather similar to giving a platform to climate change deniers.
Kudos to to the NEA for calling for Duncan's resignation. It's about time we have someone in that office who knows something about children, for a change.
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Or perhaps we can consider the reality, demonstrated by a century of educational research, that learning is a complex contextual and relational process that can't be reduced to these brute methods. I cringe a little bit when I hear people treat this regressive back-to-basics educational approach as if it had equal merit with methods that actually consider the research on how kids learn. It seems rather similar to giving a platform to climate change deniers.
Kudos to to the NEA for calling for Duncan's resignation. It's about time we have someone in that office who knows something about children, for a change.