Sunday, October 2, 2011

School Tech Connect: Our Reformy Overlords

School Tech Connect: Our Reformy Overlords:

Our Reformy Overlords

...to borrow a phrase from Atrios...

Check out David Vitale, appointed chairman of the CPS.
“My daughter is in elementary school and she’s taking tests every day and it isn’t a problem,” Vitale said. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Sharon Schmidt had just pointed out that CPS is testing students into numbness at an exorbitant cost, all for nothing, and that was Vitale's answer. Read Sharon's article--- I don't have much to add to it, other than these two points:

1. I work at a high-achieving suburban high school, and from what I can tell, the kids there don't have to endure a