Thursday, January 21, 2016

John Thompson Pop quiz: Which of these education scenarios is fiction? - NonDoc

Pop quiz: Which of these education scenarios is fiction? - NonDoc:

Pop quiz: Which of these education scenarios is fiction?



Student name: Pat Reader
ClassNonDoc.com remedial studies
Test: Mid-term education policy exam
InstructorDr. John Thompson

Question 1:  Which of the following scenes is fiction?

A)  A combat veteran takes over teaching for an elementary school class that had been taught by a string of substitute teachers. Through high expectations, project-based, hands-on learning and differentiated instruction, she turns around the school’s most disruptive student. The student’s lengthy misconduct file is ultimately expunged.
B)  Even though the high-profile Success Academy’s “No Excuses” charter school chain claims it doesn’t “push out” students who make it more difficult to post test score increases, a Success principal’s “Got to Go” list is revealed by the New York Times. Another Success principal “told teachers not to automatically send annual re-enrollment forms home to certain students, because the school did not want those students to come back.’ A school lawyer allegedly described one misbehaving student’s withdrawal as a ‘win’ for the school.” When PBS News Hour asked whether kindergarten students are too young to be suspended, Success responded by revealing the confidential records of a Pop quiz: Which of these education scenarios is fiction? - NonDoc: