Mike Rose: Answer Sheet
"To stop making the standardized test score the gold-standard of student achievement and teacher effectiveness. In what other profession do we use a single metric to judge goodness? Imagine judging competence of a cardiologist by the average of her patients’ cardiograms."
Paolo Freire: The Banking Concept of Education
“Narration
(with the teacher as Narrator) leads the students to memorize mechanically the
narrated content. Worse yet, it turns them into “containers,”… The more
completely he fills the Receptacle, the better a teacher he is” (1).
John Gatto: Against School
“Do we really need school? I
don't mean education, just forced schooling: six classes a day, five days a
week, nine months a year, for twelve years. Is this deadly routine really
necessary? And if so, for what?”
Keith Gilyard: Children, Arts, and Du Bois
“Obviously, I take no position against science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics efforts… In brief, preparing students to be strong in these areas
helps their life chances in the global business and perhaps enhances our nation’s
commercial functioning”
Bell Hooks: Critical Thinking
“Critical
thinkers are clear as to the purpose at hand and the question at issue. They
question information, conclusions and point of view”
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