tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16660456.post116855583696605269..comments2024-03-22T08:16:45.553-06:00Comments on The Fischbowl: A Blueprint For Colorado?Karl Fischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11121548023409279686noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16660456.post-1169256519307561242007-01-19T18:28:00.000-07:002007-01-19T18:28:00.000-07:00I saw the authors speak at the Convention Center. ...I saw the authors speak at the Convention Center. What I'm wondering is - what business would consider relocating their staff to Colorado if kids were tested at 16 and then "tracked" to their future. What parent would want to come to Colorado with a HS Freshman, who received their education in say Florida...and then test them on Colorado standards? <BR/><BR/>To start something of this magnitude takes upfront money. No discussion about where that comes from.<BR/><BR/>And...what about sports and fine arts and debate, etc?<BR/><BR/>A discussion on kids and their education is good, but I'm not sure this particular book is the place to start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16660456.post-1169093960980535122007-01-17T21:19:00.000-07:002007-01-17T21:19:00.000-07:00Not sure if you had a chance to catch the authors ...Not sure if you had a chance to catch the authors today downtown at the Convention Center. While something still doesn't sit right about what they are proposing (is it Friedman-esqe?), I wonder if it isn't worth deeper consideration. <BR/><BR/>The one part that completely stumped me, even after today, was the obsession with students attending college. As if the broad assumption is that college will aptly prepare students for the 21st to compete with India and China in the global economy.<BR/><BR/>Great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16660456.post-1168993462729277972007-01-16T17:24:00.000-07:002007-01-16T17:24:00.000-07:00I think your post today was the best I have seen o...I think your post today was the best I have seen on Tough Choices orTough Times.<BR/><BR/>If education is really going to make the effort to educate, standardized testing will not give us a thinking, engaged community of life-long learners. Recruiting the top 1/3 of students will not do it either; students need to learn from a variety of educators with a variety of backgrounds. The term high performance just scares me...sounds like we are creating a car.<BR/><BR/>How students team to provide effective solutions is one of the mostimportant lessons they can learn. Encouraging each student to take aleadership position on a project can better prepare them for the future than any test. Teaching them tools for communicating clearly in the<BR/>midst of a difficult project is something they can use daily.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16660456.post-1168677231376400892007-01-13T01:33:00.000-07:002007-01-13T01:33:00.000-07:00"[A]ssume for the moment that we want to send ever..."[A]ssume for the moment that we want to send everyone, or almost everyone, to college."<BR/>The first question is, who is "we"? Why force everyone to go to school, then create Teaching Colleges, then say no-one who doesn't graduate from these teaching colleges can teach in school? Is this about real learning, or is about managing entire populations (and future populations) of people for state and corporate interests?<BR/>So who is "we", and what are their objectives and motives in this business, and do you share them?Guy Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04096668246272788520noreply@blogger.com