tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post1727989491916718018..comments2024-02-24T19:49:45.687-05:00Comments on Schools Matter: Invest in instruction, not in unnecessary testsJames Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-76424781666372423572012-07-16T12:36:40.778-04:002012-07-16T12:36:40.778-04:00I feel that this is sad. It is a crazy world when ...I feel that this is sad. It is a crazy world when the one thing that we need in the world, education, is deprived or taken away. what has me even more confused is to why actual education is being lessened to a select few, because of standardize test that have been shown to be somewhat ineffective when it comes to actually learning. there are many contributing factors in which thing are the way that they are, and it is all being spearheaded by those who already have biases and education. so with those types in charge i see little fairness being applied in the near future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-90840894634321143622012-07-10T02:52:44.835-04:002012-07-10T02:52:44.835-04:00I disagree in degree. These policy decisions are c...I disagree in degree. These policy decisions are commanded from a place way above school systems. It becomes law via the transmission of corporate power, impugned or not. Schools are facing an onslaught of austerity measures calculated by bankers and passed to the hierarchy of administrative / corporate decision making at federal and state levels, not by schools in and of themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com