Educational Tidbits about Israel, Politicians and School Lovers in the Sunday Education Weekly Reader 04.29.12
From Israel and Lessons from Abroad:
"There is an urgent need to ‘restart’ the concept of education, to re-examine the connection between scholastic scores and the school culture. It is time to go back to the basics — to educational environments motivated by human values, not comparisons and numbers, but rather to healthy ‘sanctuaries’ for children and youth."
— Chaim Peri, Israeli author of “Teenagers Educated the Village Way.”
We probably won't see that here in the United States. Arne Duncan believes everything is data driven. He's decided we need be "global". Forget about the "village". And basing education on human values? Wishful thinking that probably won't happen in public education under the current administration's plan.
What does education have to do with human values in the global scheme of the workforce? Students are