I agree with you, Debra. Thanks for bringing it up. Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 22, 2022, at 11:07 AM, Debra Daugherty <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I was quite dismayed by some of the notions expressed by the candidates for > Lincoln School Committee during the candidate forum. The Lincoln Squirrel > provided the following: > > "Kim Rajdev implied that the goals of AIDE are not well served by having > children grouped by ability. “It really pains me when I hear a very young > child say ‘I’m not good at math’,” she said. The schools need to “move away > from content and more toward adaptability and teamwork skills… thinking on > our feet.” > > and > > "Dwyer echoed Rajdev’s sentiment. “What students specifically learn today > will be irrelevant as a flip phone 20 years from now."" > > Uh oh. Content is precisely what I want our schools to teach. Knowledge does > matter and, no, it won't be irrelevant years from now. (That very notion is > bizarre. How will math, history, or literature be irrelevant in 20 years?) > Mr. Dwyer opened his presentation during the forum by mentioning the low > ranking of Lincoln's school system and his concern over the departure of > Lincoln students for private school programs. I would argue that content is a > primary driving force behind that migration. It's certainly why I send my > kids to private math programs after school. And with regard to students > saying "I'm not good at math: It is not clear to me those students would stop > saying "I'm not good at math" if they were grouped together with kids that > are exceptionally quick or advanced in math. It's also not fair to require > the kids that are quick at math to do work that is unchallenging. > > I'm hoping these impressions of the attitudes of the candidates are somehow > incorrect. > > --Debra Daugherty > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > -- The LincolnTalk mailing list. To post, send mail to [email protected]. Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. Change your subscription settings at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln.
