Schooling OurselvesThere was a time when American educators believed we could save them all. We no longer live in such times. Some children will be left behind, or America will fall behind.
March 04, 2009
Two decades of standardized testing have produced a generation of administrators more concerned with the results of multiple-choice tests than with teaching higher-order thinking skills.
There was a time when American educators believed we could save them all. We no longer live in such times. Some children will be left behind, or America will fall behind.
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