Tuesday, February 7, 2012

The sexualization of children and what schools can do about it - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

The sexualization of children and what schools can do about it - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post:

The sexualization of children and what schools can do about it

This was written by Mark Phillips, professor emeritus of secondary education at San Francisco State University and author of a monthly column on education for the Marin Independent Journal .

By Mark Phillips

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Badges: A solution to our teacher evaluation disaster?


Texas schools chief calls testing obsession a ‘perversion’

The Republican education commissioner of Texas, Robert Scott, might not be the first person you’d think would find common ground with California’s Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown, but Scott has savaged high-stakes testing in language that would make Brown smile.

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