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Children Are Not Hamburgers
the current model for public school education is standardized everything. Posted with author's permission by Jamie McKenzie ![]()
The prevailing model for school improvement imposed by Washington these days is fast food education. We have leaders and self-styled reformers who see schools as assembly lines and deep fat fryers. Their response to educational distress?
Standardize everything. Bring in the stop watches. Get the routines straight. Teach by recipe. Follow the script. Flip the burgers. Stamp out anything that seems unique, special or magical. |