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Informationen zum Autor Deborah Meier is the author of The Power of Their Ideas. She is principal of the Mission Hill School in Boston! Massachusetts. Klappentext Somewhere. . . there is a place of sanity where education is intense and substantive. . . . It's in that place that Deborah Meier has been working all these years. Her voice conveys a life of struggle in the front lines-victories and losses! hopes and disappointments. . . . It's a voice our nation needs to hear. --Jonathan Kozol! from the Foreword Acclaimed educator Deborah Meier offers a fresh take on standardized tests. While others have criticized standards and what they measure! Meier rejects the very idea of a centralized authority that dictates how and what teachers teach. Standardization! she argues! prevents citizens-including teachers-from emerging as thoughtful! responsible adults! seriously engaged with shaping their own schools! classrooms! and communities. As a result! young people can't learn from them how to be thoughtful! responsible adults and good citizens! the primary goal of public education in a democracy. The New Democracy Forum is a series of short paperback originals exploring creative solutions to our most urgent national concerns. "A civic treasure. . . . A truly good idea! carried out with intelligence and panache." --Robert Pinsky Zusammenfassung Somewhere. . . there is a place of sanity where education is intense and substantive. . . . It's in that place that Deborah Meier has been working all these years. Her voice conveys a life of struggle in the front lines-victories and losses! hopes and disappointments. . . . It's a voice our nation needs to hear. --Jonathan Kozol! from the Foreword Acclaimed educator Deborah Meier offers a fresh take on standardized tests. While others have criticized standards and what they measure! Meier rejects the very idea of a centralized authority that dictates how and what teachers teach. Standardization! she argues! prevents citizens-including teachers-from emerging as thoughtful! responsible adults! seriously engaged with shaping their own schools! classrooms! and communities. As a result! young people can't learn from them how to be thoughtful! responsible adults and good citizens! the primary goal of public education in a democracy. The New Democracy Forum is a series of short paperback originals exploring creative solutions to our most urgent national concerns. "A civic treasure. . . . A truly good idea! carried out with intelligence and panache." --Robert Pinsky ...
