The New Preschool System is Crushing Kids and Making Them Hate Learning
Anna Hunt – The new preschool focuses on academics rather than communication, creativity and play, making frustrated robots out of our children.
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Teachers Talk About What’s Wrong With Education in America
Sofia Adamson – The most important people in a school are the students and the teachers. We should listen.
4th Grader Eloquently Rips Government Standardized Testing
Heather Callaghan – On Mar 17, tiny nine-year-old Sydney Smoot rocked the Brooksville Elementary Schoolhouse when she boldly ripped into the new Florida Standards Assessment.
North American Teachers are Revolting Against Standardized Testing
Jeff Abbott, Waging NonViolence Waking Times As the 2014 academic year nears an end, teachers from an increasing number of public schools across the United States, Canada and Mexico are reflecting on teaching at least one unconventional lesson to their students and their neighborhoods this past year: How to resist standardized tests. On May Day …
The Missing Dimension of the Education Debate
Patricia Jennings, Guest Waking Times The national debate on how to improve our education system is very vibrant and visible these days. It focuses on salient issues like testing, teacher pay and job security in a difficult economy, and other mounting stresses on teachers and students. Half of new teachers to leave the profession in …