tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019531957443385537.post336172267315393073..comments2024-02-14T03:16:00.454-05:00Comments on The minds of kids: Same old same old, all over again.Lisa Cooleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13395200368753029675noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019531957443385537.post-51292169582756243822012-03-20T11:57:15.655-04:002012-03-20T11:57:15.655-04:00Thank you so much for your re-framing of these que...Thank you so much for your re-framing of these questions. Your insight is really helpful as I go into our first budget meeting Wednesday. It's very hard to hold onto this kind of clarity after you step into a meeting room with the "reality" of public education. The thoughts and ideas that were crystal clear before entering find those air vents and fly away. But the reality of Lisa Cooleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395200368753029675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019531957443385537.post-7062161998675075132012-03-20T11:24:47.382-04:002012-03-20T11:24:47.382-04:00Let's try this - imagine if your questions wer...Let's try this - imagine if your questions were:<br /><br />1. Do we really need to TEACH kids stuff they don't care about?<br />2. How do we decide what to teach?<br /><br />A teacher or school can never make decisions about what kids learn, they can only make decisions about what is taught. And it's not a new problem that people don't always learn just because someone stands up sylvia martinezhttp://blog.genyes.orgnoreply@blogger.com