A proposal for what post-coronavirus schools should do (instead of what they used to do)
The authors of this post hope it is the latter, especially for younger students who largely are not given the time to do what research shows is good for them: learning through structured play and an end to standardized testing.
The authors are William Doyle and Pasi Sahlberg, public school fathers in New York City and Sydney, respectively, and co-authors of “Let the Children Play: How More Play Will Save our Schools and Help Children Thrive.
Sahlberg is one of the world’s leading experts on school reform and is the author of the best-selling “Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn About Educational Change in Finland?” He is a former director-general at Finland’s Ministry of Education, and has taught in numerous countries. Currently, he is a professor of education policy at the University of New South Wales.
Doyle has served as adviser to the Ministry of Education of Finland and scholar in residence at the University of Eastern Finland. He was director of original programming and executive producer during seven years at HBO, and has written several books, including the award-winning “An American Insurrection: James Meredith and the Battle of Oxford, Mississippi.”
By William Doyle and Pasi Sahlberg
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