tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243284269486433927.post7761646714176112738..comments2023-11-16T01:50:06.868-08:00Comments on Edu Change & Student Advocacy: For Whom Are We Working - Students or Adults?Edu Change & Student Advocacyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08045086448860071310noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243284269486433927.post-69143987882663768892015-05-02T15:21:49.674-07:002015-05-02T15:21:49.674-07:00Grant, I agree in terms of where to do. My fear is...Grant, I agree in terms of where to do. My fear is that we have entire groups, causes, systems, policies and more that are counterintuitive to this.Edu Change & Student Advocacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08045086448860071310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243284269486433927.post-48575680402874203912015-05-02T15:20:58.662-07:002015-05-02T15:20:58.662-07:00Tom, you are probably right. But maybe there shoul...Tom, you are probably right. But maybe there should be something essential and foundational about "everyone being reminded that they work for kids." It seems to simple, but we have to embed and institutionalize that in all that we do.Edu Change & Student Advocacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08045086448860071310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243284269486433927.post-76419754954152752732015-02-26T08:54:06.335-08:002015-02-26T08:54:06.335-08:00I appreciate what you are saying here, but I feel ...I appreciate what you are saying here, but I feel that you are attacking the symptoms of problems rather than the real root cause of many of these topics. How we fund education through property taxation, How we elect non-educators to make education decisions, How schools approach PD, How Teachers are viewed as public servants as opposed to professionals, How school as a work environment lacks support and understanding of its workers (teachers) How people not trained as educators are placed in positions that make education policy, How parents familiar with outdated models of education are left to figure things out for themselves, How schools designed for another century cannot cope with the essential needs and goals for the present and how all of these problems are not addressed with anything but a question," What About The Kids?" That question is intended to guilt everyone out in order to accept the status quo.<br />Again, I appreciate you attempt here, but lets address the issues and not the symptoms..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15368828302407268935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243284269486433927.post-7412965624286667562015-02-17T17:42:27.288-08:002015-02-17T17:42:27.288-08:00This article is so good and so incendiary (if it w...This article is so good and so incendiary (if it was meant to light a fire, then in fits, right?). I don't feel comfortable sharing it as a current site administrator. That's probably an indictment on me...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5243284269486433927.post-11419931835490822192015-02-16T09:13:53.512-08:002015-02-16T09:13:53.512-08:00Michael,
I completely agree with the premise. Her...Michael,<br /><br />I completely agree with the premise. Here is how I usually put it to my audiences: "The kids "get it"; they are naturally more comfortable and learn better in a post-industrial age model. We can't blame the adults for getting in the way; we all learned that way and have been rewarded for it. We need to give our adults two things, and many will make the trip across the bridge: a picture of what "it" looks like and the resources to re-tool."Grant Lichtmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09447982704767980293noreply@blogger.com