"Some institutions take on things that society never specifically nor officially asked them to do and (cont) http://tl.gd/64abka
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"Education has a way of trickling out of any and all confinements often to the annoyance of individuals and (cont) http://tl.gd/64ace4anderscj
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"Books are burned because they contain dangerous messages." Goodladanderscj
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"The 'Good Book' was retained in the hands of those who preached the Gospel until the printing press changed all that." Goodladanderscj
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"historically those in power often have feared education and sought to deny it or to provide inferior schooling to the masses." Goodladanderscj
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"[Education] is civilization's most significant process for determining what a society might become." Goodladanderscj
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"A society using it's educational institutions and resources predominantly for training is in grave trouble." Goodladanderscj
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"To make education into a vehicle for social engineering usually results in both disillusionment and the corruption of education." Goodladanderscj
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"If we see education as both the long- and short-term answer to all of society's problems, we will make (cont) http://tl.gd/64aha2anderscj
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"Going to school, not going to school, or going to certain kinds of schools may be more important for (cont) http://tl.gd/64aidlanderscj
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"The educating that does go on in them is carefully controlled through teacher education, materials of (cont) http://tl.gd/64ajksanderscj
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"Social and communicative networks within the topmost levels of the hierarchy ensure maintenance of career (cont) http://tl.gd/64ak7tanderscj
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"Faith in God and the invocation of God's will to justify and sustain man's inhumanity to man are two very different things." Goodladanderscj
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"Education and schooling have been equated; but in the process, education and training have been confused." Goodladanderscj
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"Schools that truly educate threaten long-standing mores and beliefs." Goodladanderscj
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"If we did not have schools we would have to invent them." Goodladanderscj
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"Have years of bad news about schooling convinced large numbers of people that 'out there somewhere' are legions of bad schools?" Goodladanderscj
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I will let Sam Sherratt handle the commentary on the first half of these tweets. Thanks Sam!
I've written a blog post using @anderscj's quote from this morning! http://bit.ly/dyIQNU
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"my colleagues and I were unable to identify better educational programs in the private ones; but we did (cont) http://tl.gd/64q9r1anderscj
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This sounds so much like it describes our current condition with regard not only to private schools but charters, online options, Gates & company, etc. Difference is now the literature/propaganda has also entered an era of negative campaigning.
"This is no time for abandoning commitment either to social purpose or public education. Rather, it is the (cont) http://tl.gd/64qcjnanderscj
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"we need to initiate a national dialogue about what education is, what it should do, and where it can be most productively advanced."Goodladanderscj
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I think this dialogue should be ongoing and should run as a backchannel to the operation of public education in general. It is a topic that needs constant reexamination.
"Undoubtedly, many teachers were dissipated by the admonition that they had to change their ways, but the (cont) http://tl.gd/64qen0anderscj
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That wasn't supposed to be "dissipated" I don't remember what word it was supposed to be but obviously my iPod didn't know it. I think it was supposed to be "disavowed." This statement was published in 1979 but he might as well have been talking about our current condition. I know I am guilty of this as are other educators working toward change in schools. This is a great reminder to keep in check the realities of the classroom. It also presents a dilemma.
"Few of those in and around a given local school are in a position to set an agenda for improvement, (cont) http://tl.gd/64qhesanderscj
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""Do not our young people have a right to comprehensive educational programs in which they will (cont) http://tl.gd/64qja2anderscj
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"Schools generally have neither the requisite resources nor the authority to be accountable for an end product." Goodladanderscj
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While this is so true it also runs contrary to the current political climate. When a school fails, whose fault is it? It certainly cannot be 100% the teacher's fault. This is especially true the more policymakers and administrators dictate prescribed curriculum and prescribed pedagogy. If you tell me I have to follow a script and I follow it but my kids fail you cannot blame me for the failure, you have to blame the script. But, that is not what we see happening.
"[approaches to accountability] which have assigned responsibility without any commensurate authority, are a sham." Goodladanderscj
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You are right on with that last thought. Was thinking that very thing while I watched Oprah go on and on about bad teachers. You can't blame a teacher when you mandate that they follow a bad script and then they do. Those "good" teachers she mentioned...I'm going out on a limb and guessing that they have decided not to follow a script.
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