Comments on: The hits just keep on coming http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/03/the_hits_just_k.html Technology, leadership, and the future of schools Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Doug Johnson http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/03/the_hits_just_k.html/comment-page-1#comment-14852 Doug Johnson Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/03/the_hits_just_k.html#comment-14852 One comforting thought is that I don't see anyone in education getting fired as a result. Doug One comforting thought is that I don’t see anyone in education getting fired as a result.

Doug

]]> By: Scott McLeod http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/03/the_hits_just_k.html/comment-page-1#comment-14853 Scott McLeod Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/03/the_hits_just_k.html#comment-14853 Here's a recent survey that may be of interest. The Net Day Speak Up 2006 survey results (from 270,000 students; 21,000 teachers; and 15,000 parents) show that "more than half of parents and teachers who participated in the survey said their schools are not doing a good job of preparing today’s students to compete for jobs and careers of the 21st century." http://tinyurl.com/2tnx59 Here’s a recent survey that may be of interest. The Net Day Speak Up 2006 survey results (from 270,000 students; 21,000 teachers; and 15,000 parents) show that “more than half of parents and teachers who participated in the survey said their schools are not doing a good job of preparing today’s students to compete for jobs and careers of the 21st century.”

http://tinyurl.com/2tnx59

]]> By: Randy Rodgers http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/03/the_hits_just_k.html/comment-page-1#comment-14854 Randy Rodgers Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/03/the_hits_just_k.html#comment-14854 How could they be satisfied? Most of the world could care less about how a student performs on a standardized test. Legislators care about nothing else. Until the focus shifts to an outcome of greater significance than an acceptable NCLB ranking, teachers and admins will focus on nothing else. It is a rare and precious teacher who manages to take his/her students beyond all of the external pressure and enable them to engage in learning that will make them truly prepared for life outside of school. How could they be satisfied? Most of the world could care less about how a student performs on a standardized test. Legislators care about nothing else. Until the focus shifts to an outcome of greater significance than an acceptable NCLB ranking, teachers and admins will focus on nothing else. It is a rare and precious teacher who manages to take his/her students beyond all of the external pressure and enable them to engage in learning that will make them truly prepared for life outside of school.

]]> By: Summer http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2007/03/the_hits_just_k.html/comment-page-1#comment-14855 Summer Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2007/03/the_hits_just_k.html#comment-14855 Those are frightening figures indeed. We are a global economy and we need people who can handle that. Perhaps if there were a more hands on real life aproach rather than getting everything while sitting behind a desk reading from a bland book we might be able to compete. Those are frightening figures indeed. We are a global economy and we need people who can handle that. Perhaps if there were a more hands on real life aproach rather than getting everything while sitting behind a desk reading from a bland book we might be able to compete.

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