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Ken Robinson on education reform | Seattle Education

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Ken Robinson on education reform

We were fortunate enough to select a school in California for my daughter when she started Pre-K that taught children that there was no “right way” to solve a problem whether it was math or any other subject. My daughter remained in this school until midway through middle school when we moved to a Seattle suburb. The school that she attended had high WASL scores. The difference between the schools and methods of teaching were so strikingly different. The math was dumbed down and the students were quite adept at memorizing. My daughter struggled within this environment which was not about learning really, it was more about memorizing.

Fortunately we found Nova High School which has been a beacon to many students who for whatever reason