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This dispatch on US education reform and the powers that be landed on my Facebook page last night: "Why the Ed Department should be reconceived - or abolished" - by Peter Smagorinsky http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/why-the-ed-department-should-be-reconceived--or-abolished/2012/03/09/gIQAHfdB5R_blog.html An educator on education policy, in the public sphere! More of this please. One excerpt: "Instead of having a highly centralized administration powered by money > contributed by textbook publishers and other entrepreneurs cashing in on > the lucrative enterprise of educational materials production, I would have > a *highly distributed approach*** in which most decision-making is local > and includes — and indeed, relies on — the perspective of teachers. > > Presently, there’s little reason for practicing teachers to<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/five-ways-school-reform-is-hurting-teacher-quality/2012/03/08/gIQAHUMK3R_blog.html>keep up with the latest ideas emerging from credible sources, or to engage > in the process of producing those ideas and becoming credible sources > themselves. The approach that I suggest would lend urgency to the need for > teachers to be informed in order to make sound decisions. It would place a > premium on being a reflective practitioner who is attentive to classroom > processes and student learning, because such observations would become part > of the broader school conversation about how to best educate the students > who attend the school." > ***emphasis added* because I (as a citizen, not just educator) would love to hear more about this especially. Anthony __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca