Voodoo Education Reform
APRIL 12, 2013 BY LEAVE A COMMENT
Some things are funny and not funny at all, simultaneously.
Some things are so rich with commentary, however, they deserve careful attention. Consider the voodoo economics/Laffer curve scene (1’13″) fromFerris Bueller’s Day Off:
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While satire and somewhat exaggerated, this moment in the classroom highlights the supreme failure of the teacher- and content-driven classroom—the teacher as mechanistic dispenser of a state-endorsed core
