Education SOS

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From the astute SAJ comes this compelling article on the sorry state of America's educational system. Those of us with kids know all about the issues facing us today... don't even get me started with the new grading system they are implementing at my children's school (future posting on that, you can be sure!).

Here's a sample of the mindset among some of our "educators":

[[ The new philosophy of education also opposes any competition that recognizes student achievement. As a result, many schools no longer post honor rolls or exemplary work on bulletin boards. Also disappearing from local schools are publicly graded events such as spelling bees as well as other academic competitions. As one elementary principal explains: “I discourage competitive games at school. They just don’t fit my worldview of what a school should be.” ]]

One should read the whole thing. (LINK to the whole thing)

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