Proposed Education Manifesto
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A.
Historical Leaders
Observations |
Excerpts
Academic Rigor
The most important thing about education is appetite. |
B.
Leaders Advise
from
Ten |
P. Drucker
"Students Should Have Studied What They
Do Well" A. Kohn "There isn’t even a positive correlation between... homework and any measure of achievement. J. Heckman “The highest rate of return in early childhood development comes from investing...early...." |
2 Author's
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A student's Special
Intelligence, what they do best,
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3
World Changed, |
Job Polarization
has decreased opportunities |
4 Implementation |
Base primary grades on determining what a
student does well, |
5. Determine |
1. Improve HS Graduation Rate 2. Maximize Use of Free Internet Learning Materials
3. Publicly Accountable Charter Schools judged by 4. Maximize College Acceptance 5. Track Students by Ability 6. Community or State Determines Curriculum Content 7. A Student's Curriculum Based on What They Do Well 8. Guided by Bloom's Taxonomy 9. Choose between Pedagogy or Andragogy classroom theories |
1Students go to their reading AI computer and read Jack and Jill went and then they choose an option like ball game, dance, rodeo, movie... Once students begin the computer takes over and adjusts the reading level and direction for each student based on what they want to read, how fast they read with how well they read based on some |
end of assignment easy questions. This is not an IQ test. There is no hurry as the only complete failure is those that can't read well enough to begin the process which indicates the need for special personal attention. A 7th grade reading level at H.S. graduation |
is OK if
desire means continued reading. The key is when hey decide they want more
they are prepared. Thanks!
author/editor Walter Antoniotti Return to Education Libraries |