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A child cannot be standardized

• June 20, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Alternative Education, Authentic Education, Educational Policy
Tags: aims, children, connections, control, creativity, curriculum, education policy, education reform, effective teaching, homeschooling, humanizing, life-long learning, personal skill-building, soulful education, visions

Building the Machine: Common Core Documentary

• April 1, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Education Reform, Educational Policy
Tags: aims, common core, Common Core Standards, control, curriculum, education policy, education reform, HSLDA, personal skill-building, standardization, standardized testing, teach to the test

Indoctrination of the Young

• February 2, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Aims, Authentic Education, Creativity, History of Education
Tags: control, creativity, current trends in education, curriculum, education policy, education reform, Noam Chomsky

Weeding Out

• January 7, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Aims, Authentic Education, Educational Policy, History of Education, School is not education
Tags: aims, citizenry, control, creativity, education policy, Noam Chomsky, standardization, teach to the test

Education is not School

• December 3, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Authentic Education, History of Education, School is not education
Tags: aims, control, Dr Steven Davies, education policy, education reform, history of education, John Taylor Gatto, visions

Rotten at the core

• November 17, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Education Reform, Educational Policy, School is not education
Tags: Common Core Standards, connections, curriculum, education policy, education reform, effective teaching, industrialized education, life-long learning, standardized testing, student needs, teach to the test, teaching methodology

Every kid needs a champion

• November 14, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Great Teachers
Tags: aims, children, connections, education policy, education reform, effective teaching, empathy, humanizing, life-long learning, making a difference, motivation, respect, responsibility, Rita Pierson, soulful education, teacher training, teachers, TED talk education, youth

Square peg, round hole

• November 9, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in School is not education, Testing
Tags: aims, control, education policy, education reform, standardized testing, teach to the test, teaching methodology

What you’re worth

• October 27, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Authentic Education, Education Reform, Educational Policy, History of Education
Tags: aims, children, connections, creativity, education policy, education reform, exam results, grades, soulful education, Suli Breaks, teach to the test, visions, youth

Exciting jobs

• October 20, 2013 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Aims, Discrimination, Education Reform, History of Education, Right to an Education
Tags: aims, children, citizenry, dignity, education policy, education reform, humanizing, making a difference, respect, responsibility, soulful education, student needs, students, visions, youth

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