Great Article

"And while reading and math crowd out the rest of the curriculum-- as schools eliminate science and social studies and the arts and physical education to make way for more focused/rigorous/aligned instruction in basic skills (aka "test prep")-- something big goes missing:
Creative thinking, innovation, critical thinking, problem solving, application, play, self-discovery. Joy. Learning.
...the skills our kids need to compete for jobs. For economic growth. For America. For global survival."

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Kelly said...

Very interesting article. I am going to print it for the teachers at my school. As a kindergarten teacher, the insane test prep (yes it begins in k, not formally obviously but the push for math and literacy only is there!) really concerns us because we are supposed to be allowing for that creativity that is so important.

March 21, 2010 at 5:39 PM

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