No, but since it has been mentioned a lot lately, and I love Denny's work, I just put it on hold through interlibrary loan. Elisa
Elisa Waingort Grade 2 Spanish Bilingual Dalhousie Elementary Calgary, Canada The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. —Helen Keller Visit my blog, A Teacher's Ruminations, and post a message. http://waingortgrade2spanishbilingual.blogspot.com/ I just read Learning Denied (1991) by Denny Taylor. Taylor, an educator/researcher, documents a family's struggles with a school district. While this is not a recent publication, I think in some ways, things have gotten worse. I am a second grade teacher and I see the weight put on standardized test scores, focusing on what a child/teacher/school cannot do instead of what he/they can do. With the new emphasis on systematic phonics and the reduction of learning to a list of subskills, everyone--teachers, students, schools, districts--get measured and compared by arbitrary markers. Real estate values are based on school test scores and student/teacher/school success is seen through a narrow lens. I couldn't help but rant a bit after reading this book tonight. Educators are caught in the legalistic web right along with families. Anyone else read this? _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
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