Comments on: Midnight in the Garden of Rural Poverty http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/02/midnight-in-the.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: Sarah http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/02/midnight-in-the.html/comment-page-1#comment-13498 Sarah Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2008/02/midnight-in-the.html#comment-13498 Thank you. I don't know how to say it any better. While the general mission of education is the same, rural schools, and rural poverty, are a different place than the urban schools. The patterns that make sense elsewhere don't here. We need leadership that understands that. Thank you.

I don’t know how to say it any better. While the general mission of education is the same, rural schools, and rural poverty, are a different place than the urban schools. The patterns that make sense elsewhere don’t here. We need leadership that understands that.

]]> By: Greg Cruey http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/02/midnight-in-the.html/comment-page-1#comment-13499 Greg Cruey Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2008/02/midnight-in-the.html#comment-13499 It's sort of tongue in cheek I suppose, but I like to point out that when you look at the Virginia SOLs, or the ITBS, or the SAT9, or whatever, none of them ever test how quickly or how well my kids can skin a deer. That counts for a lot here... It’s sort of tongue in cheek I suppose, but I like to point out that when you look at the Virginia SOLs, or the ITBS, or the SAT9, or whatever, none of them ever test how quickly or how well my kids can skin a deer. That counts for a lot here…

]]> By: Tim McCown http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/02/midnight-in-the.html/comment-page-1#comment-13500 Tim McCown Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2008/02/midnight-in-the.html#comment-13500 I greatly enjoyed reading this post. My family's roots go back to the hills of western Virginia and North Carolina. I teach special education but i have begun to wonder do any of us teach with all the emphasis on things that don't matter. The most important things i can think of are making leearning relevant and building relationships with your students. We all learn that students learn many different ways then base our "proof" they learned all on one. I greatly enjoyed reading this post. My family’s roots go back to the hills of western Virginia and North Carolina. I teach special education but i have begun to wonder do any of us teach with all the emphasis on things that don’t matter. The most important things i can think of are making leearning relevant and building relationships with your students. We all learn that students learn many different ways then base our “proof” they learned all on one.

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