Student choice

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Moral Assessment and Compromise

Posted by Chad Sansing ⋅ March 29, 2010 ⋅ 1 Comment

High stakes testing is a broken system. It is an industry, not an education. It’s a sorting mechanism, not a driver of equity. It discourages differentiation. It discourages student and teacher discretion in learning. It perpetuates low-level learning with crude pass/fail punishment and reward systems. It’s inauthentic. We didn’t start with a blank slate, design … Continue reading →

Rationale Thinking About A Democratic Structure of Schooling

Posted by Aaron Eyler ⋅ March 8, 2010 ⋅ 4 Comments

Schools have evolved in the United States over time from “restricted access for some” to “you must go” while increasing provisions for those that are in need, and offering a menu of activities in participatory culture. The problem is that, despite the participatory feeling of these additions, schools lack in their efforts to prompt a … Continue reading →

Schools Must Become Democratic Institutions

Posted by Chad Sansing ⋅ March 1, 2010 ⋅ 8 Comments

In a democracy, public education should promote models and policies for schools that provide students direct, personal experience with democratic ideals of choice, equality, freedom, and shared power. As much as we want to “teach content” and “cover curriculum,” we can’t drop out of the sky into students’ pre-exisitng communities and the midst of their … Continue reading →