Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Schools Will Not Evolve Without Creativity



  If you are interested in public education in America and our new “Common Core” of Standards, I urge you to read this article from the Washington Post. I love having new technology in the classroom. I love how innovative teachers can make their classroom based on the amount of information exchanges from teacher to teacher and from class to class. However, creative teaching should always be the focus.
  Some of the materials that are being produced by the companies claiming to support Common Core Standards are very scripted and leave little room for growth for the students. Wow. The true form of “dumbing down” America. Do politicians and administrators have so little faith in the people who spend years in school to train minds how to grow and learn that they feel it necessary to dictate exactly how the material is taught? Do they think monkeys can do this? Isn’t anyone on the teacher’s side anymore? There used to be a day and age when teachers were highly respected and some of the most intelligent people in the world occupying the field.
  Come one folks! Let’s get a conversation going about these issues!

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