I thought the information or preview we saw of "2 Million Minutes" was very interesting. Also interesting is the way that the relationship between the U.S., China and India will play out in the coming years. We have very different ways of doing things. It's East meets West, clearly. I think the U.S. would be wise to take some lessons from India and China and likewise those countries from us.
We talked in class about the imminent firings of a whole staff in Rhode Island or New York. More details are becoming known, but as Connie said, they sort of "threw the baby out with the bathwater". Most interesting to me was the revelation that this is one of the poorest areas in the state. Hello? That makes a huge difference in the level of student achievement.
One student mentioned that her kindergarten students must learn to read by the end of the school year. That's a pretty lofty goal for kindergarten and to me it seems a little precocious. Putting pressure on young children to perform academically is one way in which I don't think we should emulate countries like China and India.
We did a data comparison between various school districts this past week using WKCE scores. It gave us a good overview of some aspects of those districts and gave us some insight into how school leaders are making decisions.
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