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...teaching workshops was, "these kids have to be able to pass the FCAT [Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test]." Subsequently, I received a substantial number of handouts, collectively titled "Taking the FCAT out of the Bag." In these pages, I was assured, I would find guidance to success in the classroom. The expectation was that I would conduct myself according to the guide...
From a teacher's perspective, standardized testing has limited creative license in the classroom. Many of the rising "education workshop" programs such as Summerbridge encourage teachers to bring creative ideas into the classroom...
America's students are suffering the greater injustice. As America looks increasingly upon standardized testing as "the way," students watch as school districts and educators hopelessly abandon approaches and curricula germane to classroom creativity...
Some schools cope by employing volunteers to help in the classroom. At Forest Trail Elementary in Austin, Texas, Marie Grace, a stay-at-home mom, serves one day a week on "table time." During a recent visit, she sat at a table with five children and passed out Froot Loops cereal. First the children sorted the cereal by color, then they talked about the letter f and which words begin with f. The students then made a graph showing how many loops of each color they had. Then they made a necklace of the loops and, finally, ate them. When...
Especially for professors whose courses deal directly with public policy and legislation, the insights gained into the political process can translate into benefits in the classroom...