Flawed Assumptions
Chapter 1
The "Get-Tough" Policy
anderscj"the opportunity presented by A Nation at Risk was squandered. Instead, the nation rushed to action with little thought or analysis." Wolk
anderscj"[Sandy] Kress asserted that a primary purpose of NCLB was to get tough with school administrators and teachers and... http://t.co/F067Ivko
anderscj"to assume that the problem of poorly performing schools and students can be solved with threats and penalties is t... http://t.co/YxAKfN7U
anderscj"There are undoubtedly teachers who retired long ago and didn't tell anybody." Wolk
anderscj"No Child Left Behind intended to focus on the plight of the disadvantaged, but its emphasis on increased testing a... http://t.co/g71TVGa7
Chapter 2
All Standards for All Students
anderscj"More than two decades ago, proponents of standard-based accountability promoted it as the solution to mediocre edu... http://t.co/I4XLuwcz
anderscj"We will make real progress only when we realize our problem in education is not mainly one of performance but one of design." Wolk
anderscj"To insist that all students be treated the same way, that they all study the same subject at the same time in the ... http://t.co/UAEEiXQO
anderscj"What policymakers mandate rarely survives the journey to the classroom intact." Wolk
anderscj"Instead of just demanding more 'rigor' and more math and science, we would be better off asking: What is the main ... http://t.co/mT6Nlfnc
If It Moves, Test It
anderscj"a more accurate thermometer won't raise the temperature any more than better tests will increase student proficiency." Wolk
anderscj"NCLB was a boon to the testing industry, resulting in America's schoolchildren taking 56 million standardized read... http://t.co/zzWkeDxi
anderscj"Employers often complain that they have to reteach basic skills to their workers, but when asked what they would l... http://t.co/AIyNMvj4
anderscj"Only in their participation out of the classroom—in athletics, theater, music, science fairs, and creative activit... http://t.co/mMFPLsmq
anderscj"Innovative schools tend to use multiple measures to assess student learning and academic performance." Wolk
anderscj"Given how little all this testing has improved education...the dollars would have been much better spent on teaching and learning." Wolk
Make Them Take Algebra
anderscj"Stanley Goldstein, founder of the CVS pharmacy chain, once told me, 'I have been a successful businessman for 40 y... http://t.co/8HrOCZe0
Wanted: Great Teachers
anderscj"Traditionally, [professional development] comprises the college courses teachers take in the evening or the summer... http://t.co/iAMHyEv1
anderscj"committed teachers put much more time into their work than most people realize." Wolk
anderscj"How strange and ironic it is that teachers, whose profession is to disseminate knowledge, have so little time and ... http://t.co/9pvmIAfA
anderscj"How can anyone believe that the goal of placing a 'good' teacher in every classroom can be achieved without changi... http://t.co/nL8VsA5V
anderscj"Not only does the present structure hide and shelter incompetence, it undermines good teaching and discourages tea... http://t.co/0F1zhgsH
The Quest for the Supreme Leader
anderscj"Principals who empower their teachers and students by persuading them to participate in planning and decision maki... http://t.co/BEsRAh3B
The Dropout Epidemic
anderscj"Obviously, saving money by reducing the dropout rate is a worthwhile goal. But our main reason for action should b... http://t.co/U8EJr3uQ
anderscj"The dropout problem has become a widely publicized national issue, but unfortunately it has generated little outra... http://t.co/XZCMNuAT
Time for What?
anderscj"To add more time to schooling without implementing the significant changes necessary to make that time productive ... http://t.co/6lh1j2cJ
anderscj"Correlation between real student learning and better test scores on standardized tests is yet to be proven." Wolk
anderscj"A rational school improvement strategy would decide how time should be spent before addressing how much of it is needed." Wolk
Never Enough Money
anderscj"Studies find that how we spend available educational resources is at least as important as how much we spend on education." Wolk
A New Strategy of New Schools
anderscj"The theory of operations seems to be 'If it doesn't work, do more of it and do it harder.'" Wolk
anderscj"Large, complicated systems change only incrementally, if at all. Innovations and best practices do not spread easi... http://t.co/WEEXFZzJ
anderscj"Why should new ideas bear the burden of proof when the existing system is allowed to continue essentially unchange... http://t.co/aJ4R5sIG
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