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Invitation to a Dialogue: A Student's Call to Arms - Perdaily.com

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Invitation to a Dialogue: A Student's Call to Arms


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(Mensaje se repite en Español)

(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)


The NY Times invites readers to respond by Thursday for the Sunday Dialogue. We plan to publish responses and Mr. Goyal's rejoinder in the Sunday Review. E-mail: letters@nytimes.com
 

October 9, 2012

Invitation to a Dialogue: A Student's Call to Arms

To the Editor:
When President George W. Bush signed No Child Left Behind into law, few would have predicted that the next decade of education policy would unfold into a disaster of epic proportions. The law was based on a flawed concept of a "good education" -- high scores on standardized tests.
As a result, the curriculum was narrowed, shaving instruction time in the arts, music, science and history. Schools were transformed into test-preparation factories with a stress on drill, kill, bubble-fill methods. And ruthless accountability measures were enacted, with