Lewis Black’s video on education notes
-Comedian
-dedicate time “Education nation” NBC for one week
-half a million dollars for school (spending too much money on how school looks)
-charter schools
- Only get to go to school by getting picked from lottery
-Tony Danza, teaching documentary on A&E teaching English class to sophomores
-crisis in education has ‘silver lining’
-united states fall behind on math and sciences
-ranks high in ‘confidence’
“Critiquing Education”
When I was in middle school, I remember taking the WASL but felt like I was not prepared and that the teachers did not prepare us well enough to take the WASL. The WASL has been replaced by the Measurements of Student Progress (MSP) and the High School Proficiency exam (HSEP). I remember if you did not pass a math on the WASL, my high school made us take remedial math and if we passed that class, we would be able to graduate from high school. This test is to ensure that students are learning what they should be and also allowing teachers to evaluate their school system is operating. I think I would want to change the standardized test, I didn’t like it and I didn’t think it was a good way to measure if students were doing well or not. Doing some research and elementary and middle school take the MSP and high schoolers will take the HSEP. I remember teachers telling us that we had to take the WASL in about a month but most of the students did not feel prepared. In Mike Rose’s, Resolutions, he points out in number four of his education resolutions that the education system should, “stop making the standardized test score the gold-standard of student achievement and teacher effectiveness.” I completely agree with this resolution and I think it creates tension and pressure among students. I would also add having more of a creative curriculum somewhere in school. There seemed to be too much focus on trying to make each student perfect (top spelling bee winner, memorizing words, etc…)
In my group we talked about the importance of focusing on students strengths more than their weaknesses. It helps to build upon what they are currently good at. Weaknesses are also important to focus on to help improve on what they need to work on. We also discussed about it being a good idea to input a financial curriculum that would include things such as budgeting, credit, etc.
-Comedian
-dedicate time “Education nation” NBC for one week
-half a million dollars for school (spending too much money on how school looks)
-charter schools
- Only get to go to school by getting picked from lottery
-Tony Danza, teaching documentary on A&E teaching English class to sophomores
-crisis in education has ‘silver lining’
-united states fall behind on math and sciences
-ranks high in ‘confidence’
“Critiquing Education”
When I was in middle school, I remember taking the WASL but felt like I was not prepared and that the teachers did not prepare us well enough to take the WASL. The WASL has been replaced by the Measurements of Student Progress (MSP) and the High School Proficiency exam (HSEP). I remember if you did not pass a math on the WASL, my high school made us take remedial math and if we passed that class, we would be able to graduate from high school. This test is to ensure that students are learning what they should be and also allowing teachers to evaluate their school system is operating. I think I would want to change the standardized test, I didn’t like it and I didn’t think it was a good way to measure if students were doing well or not. Doing some research and elementary and middle school take the MSP and high schoolers will take the HSEP. I remember teachers telling us that we had to take the WASL in about a month but most of the students did not feel prepared. In Mike Rose’s, Resolutions, he points out in number four of his education resolutions that the education system should, “stop making the standardized test score the gold-standard of student achievement and teacher effectiveness.” I completely agree with this resolution and I think it creates tension and pressure among students. I would also add having more of a creative curriculum somewhere in school. There seemed to be too much focus on trying to make each student perfect (top spelling bee winner, memorizing words, etc…)
In my group we talked about the importance of focusing on students strengths more than their weaknesses. It helps to build upon what they are currently good at. Weaknesses are also important to focus on to help improve on what they need to work on. We also discussed about it being a good idea to input a financial curriculum that would include things such as budgeting, credit, etc.
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