People, Politics & Business
August 2012
Deborah Kenny on Morning Joe: "these types of things cannot be measured by a standardized test."
"You have to empower teachers and the only was is to have real authentic accountability." "First of all, the most important things cannot be measured objectively." (referring to how a student speaks or writes) ". . . these types of things cannot be measured by a standardized test." - both quotes by Deborah Kenny, CEO, Harlem Village Academies Read more
Autistic Awesome Innovator - Meet Temple Grandin PH.D.
"Different Not Less" - Temple Grandin - "Think Of It As A Door" Read moreNow, keeping in mind these fourfold interests - interest in conversation, or communication; in inquiry, or finding out things; in making things or construction; and in artistic expression - we may say they are natural resources, the uninvested capital, upon the exercise of which depends the active growth of the child..John Dewey, The School and Society, 1900
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