************************************************************** Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround ************************************************************** From: "Bonnie Bracey" ?BBracey@xxxxxxx? To: ?K12ADMIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx??? Sent: Fri, 9 May 2003 10:00:36 EDT Subject: TESTS: WEAPONS OF MASS INSTRUCTION TESTS: WEAPONS OF MASS INSTRUCTION James Harvey thinks we've badly missed the boat on school reform, misjudging everything from what's required to what it will cost. He views the No Child Left Behind Act as unmistakably hostile to teachers and school administrators. In his view, "Tests have become the nation's latest weapons of mass instruction." He writes that federal officials are now in a position to make decisions that would have been unimaginable even two years ago. They've established the criteria for disciplining schools, removing principals and teachers, and even defining appropriate curriculum for American classrooms. What surprises Mr. Harvey is that this truly radical reversal of respect for local school control has been put in place with scarcely a peep of protest. Harvey offers four common sense ideas for school reformers and points out that learning takes place in a lot of places besides schools -- and that a genuine reform strategy would worry about them all. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/134688604_harvey04.html <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<> EDUCATIONAL CYBERPLAYGROUND http://www.edu-cyberpg.com VENDORS REACH THE EDUCATION MARKET FREE EDUCATION VENDOR DIRECTORY LISTING Find PREMIUM & FEATURED MERCHANT LISTING ALSO http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Directory/default.asp HOT LIST OF SCHOOLS ONLINE http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Schools/default.asp SERVICES http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/PS/Home_Products.html Net Happenings,K12 Newsletters, Network Newsletters, New-list http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/index.html <>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>~~~~~<>