Articles Tagged “No Child Left Behind”
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Parading Our Priorities
BY VERN TURNER Too many times columns like this have addressed misplaced priorities in the pantheon of society’s menu of tasks and government’s handling of them. As far as I can tell, the priority parade by government at the federal and state levels has been shifted heavily toward what business and capitalists want instead of [...]
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The Republics Of Jackassia
BY VERN TURNER The older I get the more I remember my past. I remember my great high school education even though I wasn’t a great student. Then, we didn’t have high stakes, state sponsored tests that were directed at teachers and their unions. The curriculum was challenging, but our teachers, being respected members of [...]
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Teach The Children
BY VERN TURNER My friends ask me why so many of my articles are so negative. I’m forced to admit that there are so many things wrong and they are worsened by people and organizations fighting for selfish interests. The topic closest to my heart is the education of our children. Recent conversations with high [...]
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How Long Can We Do It This Way?
BY VERN TURNER One of the sure things in life is the extinction of a species if it insists on eating its young. If this happens often enough, there are insufficient breeding opportunities and the species loses genetic vigor and thus its ability to adapt to changing environments. The same can be said for how [...]
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Frog In The Pot, Canary In The Mine, Or Rats From The Ship?
BY CLAUDIA SWISHER Recently I held a Twitter conversation with one of my heroes, Diane Ravitch, about why teachers seem to be so quiet during this reform crisis. We wondered then if teachers were like the frog who will stay in a pot of water that is slowly heated to the boiling point, eventually killing [...]
