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LoveofLearning https://www.dailykos.com/news/LoveofLearning News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Sun, 26 Jan 2020 08:15:42 +0000 Sun, 26 Jan 2020 08:15:42 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) The Luxury of Learning is Lost https://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/1/17/1055465/-The-Luxury-of-Learning-is-Lost <blockquote> <center> <img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7171/6713073069_9c12dcef6e.jpg" width="450" alt="high172b" /> </center> </blockquote> copyright © 2004, 2012 Betsy L. Angert.  <a target="new" href="http://empathyandeducation.org/blog_view.aspx?CustomerID=a1f7d71156e84896b508ae7d2cb00fb9">Empathy And Education; BeThink</a> or  <a target="new" href="http://BeThink.org">BeThink.org</a> This treatise was written in 2004, only two years after the 2002 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).  The No Child Left Behind Act, requires annual assessment of students in grades 3 through 8. It further requires states and schools to meet “adequate yearly progress” by increasing test scores (NASP, 2002).  Labels, based solely on the results of high-stakes assessments, began a history of hurts. The words said were, "We do not have that luxury anymore."  The speaker stated that she loved the bliss. The extravagance that she was speaking of is that of teaching in a manner that enlivens learning, engages, and ensures that students internalize information. She was referring to her joy for teaching in a style that creates wisdom, the learning that lasts for a lifetime. Is it true that teaching in this way is an indulgence; and that she is no longer able to partake in this possibility?  If this is true, it is sadness.  The greater sorrow is that this Educator’s testimony is not an anomaly.   To believe that teaching in this fashion is a "luxury" and that it is lost, never to return is a concept that I cannot, or more accurately, wish not to consider. Yet, I cannot help but wonder; why does she feel that she no longer has this?  When, why, or how, did she lose what was once the objective in education?  How could this Instructor consider taking the time to guide learning, to give students an opportunity to truly acquire knowledge as a lavish pursuit?  As much as I wondered; I knew. <center> <center>Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. ~  Jacques Barzun</center> </center> rss@dailykos.com (Bcgntn) AreSchoolsShortchangingStudents Education Lessons LoveofLearning Teaching _1055465 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:23:02 +0000 The Good School; Principals or Principles https://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/1/4/1051366/-The-Good-School-Principals-or-Principles <blockquote> <center> <object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2HdXHTh3h2o?version=3&hl=en_US" /> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2HdXHTh3h2o?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" /></object></center> </blockquote> copyright © 2012 Betsy L. Angert.  <a target="new" href="http://empathyandeducation.org/blog_view.aspx?CustomerID=a1f7d71156e84896b508ae7d2cb00fb9">Empathy And Education; BeThink</a> or  <a target="new" href="http://BeThink.org">BeThink.org</a> A few organizations have attempted to answer The Good School Question.  Each asks, “What epitomizes a great learning center?”  “How might we, as a society, give birth to quality institutions?” The solutions are many.   All of  the associations speak of guiding principles. A few also strongly favor Principal or Teacher Leadership.  The various alliances advance the premise; our first and foremost priority must be our children.  In prose, beautifully composed, mission statements submit, adult wants cannot come before the needs of our offspring. Yet, after careful examination it is difficult to discern this truth.  Many aspirations. Many a mirage.  How might we know which is which? Once <a target="new" href="http://www.cse.ucla.edu/products/parents/cresst_GoodSchool.pdf">reviewed</a>, every one of us will decide what works well in education and how might we execute a plan. Will principles, Principals, or pedagogy lead learners to salvation. rss@dailykos.com (Bcgntn) BadSchool BroadFoundation Children Competition Education GoodSchool Governance LaborRelations Leaders Leadership Lessons LoveofLearning Management meritpay MichelleRhee NAACP NationalAssociationfortheAdvancementofColoredPeople Performance policymakers saveourschools Schools standardization Students First StudentsFirst TeacherQuality TeachforAmerica Teaching testing _1051366 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:00:03 +0000