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Unless governments use tax dollars to “Promote The General Welfare” well in advance of each individual's need, there is no public street anywhere to patch any potholes in, and there is no public school anywhere to pay for any plays in.
Unless governments use tax dollars to “Promote The General Welfare” well in advance of each individual's need, there is no public street anywhere to patch any potholes in, and there is no public school anywhere to pay for any plays in.
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==Jun 26, 2011 — Research Calls Data-Driven Education Reforms Into Question==
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HUPO -- Research Calls Data-Driven Education Reforms Into Question
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David Bloomfield • “Research Calls Data-Driven Education Reforms Into Question” (June 26, 2011)
• http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-bloomfield/education-reform-standardized-testing_b_882718.html
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Comment 1
Don't Just Teach There — Measure Something !!!
I expect to see Phrenology and Handwriting Analysis making a comeback any day now …
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Comment 2
The CPAs who run our Statehouses these days love any quantity they can measure to the 5th decimal place — they couldn't care less if it has anything to do with genuine learning, much less the qualities of caring, character, citizenship, creativity, critical thinking, and culture that they have no clue how to run through their strainers. So they'll measure what's easy to measure and ignore the rest, dragging us back to the 1-dimensional mentality of behaviorist pigeons and rats that professional educators left in the decimal dust 30 or 40 years ago. But hey — What they don't know don't count as knowledge.
Or maybe it's time for Real Teachers to wash these Amateur Bean Counters out of their hair.
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Comment 3
People who know what real research looks like will need to renew their efforts to educate the public about the difference between Agenda-Driven Statistification (ADS) and Actual Research Studies (ARS).
The way things have been going over the last couple of decades, many super-tanker loads of cash are going into confusing the public about that very difference. Stepping back to take in the larger picture, one can see that this smudging of the line between corporate spin and genuine inquiry is just another part of what Chris Mooney called “The Republican War on Science”.
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