NP - "What's the question about your question that you dread being asked?

[Prashant Kumar]

Interested in your answer. Is it just that the metrics used to measure
"accountability", "progress", etc. are coarse averages? I mean, for all
your failing schools you're still the intellectual and scientific centre of
the world, so you know, *something* doesn't suck.

Also, what do you think of teaching via the "Phonics" method? Had a debate
re this today.

P.


On 7 April 2013 21:38, Bekah <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Why are US schools behind much of the world?
>
> This is way more complicated than tax-slashers or "accountability experts"
>  or "higher standards"  folks want to think about.
>
> Bekah
>
> On Apr 7, 2013, at 1:17 AM, Prashant Kumar <siva.prashant.kumar at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > What question about your field do you dread being asked? Maybe it's a
> sore point: your field should have an answer (people think you do) but
> there isn't one yet. Perhaps it's simple to pose but hard to answer. Or
> it's a question that belies a deep misunderstanding: the best answer is to
> question the question.
> >
> >
> http://www.edge.org/conversation/whats-the-question-about-your-field-that-you-dread-being-asked
> >
> > Various responses there; any p-listers willing to chime in?
> >
> > Prashant
>
>
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