tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post8826693571639964238..comments2024-03-19T04:21:59.320-07:00Comments on Mike Rose's Blog: Race to the Top of What?: School is about more than getting a jobMike Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14013622839240394965noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post-52323681984262629682010-03-19T17:57:31.152-07:002010-03-19T17:57:31.152-07:00Mike sad to say you are right and we were wrong fo...Mike sad to say you are right and we were wrong for ever letting it gets out of hand. My sons [3] were educated right in a small country school in Oklahoma; I quit a good job to get them in a country life. <br /><br />The money was not as good but thru it all we made it just fine. My Youngest son is on his way to being a VP of a Fortune 500 Company. <br /><br />Guess WHAT? He has never forgottendwight bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974560871992014696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post-84867799854661020562010-03-06T23:20:11.895-08:002010-03-06T23:20:11.895-08:00Thanks for putting a clear light on Race to the To...Thanks for putting a clear light on Race to the Top. Sadly, the "Race" represents another in a long list of Obama "centrist" policy failures. Here is an excellent video that explores the history of education politics and how we got to the "top." Interview of Diane Ravitch, author of The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post-36663076295573293562010-03-06T21:10:39.744-08:002010-03-06T21:10:39.744-08:00I really appreciate your post. I have been speaki...I really appreciate your post. I have been speaking with my father on just this topic for the past few months. I feel very disheartened and discouraged by the administration's eagerness to jump on this bottom line bandwagon, for many reasons, and your defense of the humanity of education as opposed to its economic utility really speaks to me.Carrie and/or Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06822903649003700118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post-45223523795812891782010-03-04T20:12:15.084-08:002010-03-04T20:12:15.084-08:00Recently, a high school teacher with whom I work, ...Recently, a high school teacher with whom I work, upset at some papers she had gotten, asked me to talk to her students about how plagiarism is viewed in college. I explained that to claim another's contributions as your own is an unforgiveable sin because once you've accepted the university's invitation to join its intellectual community you are expected to use your life experienceJoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926776170603735471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post-77569380753319827922010-02-24T23:44:06.921-08:002010-02-24T23:44:06.921-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.marryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811643324748313696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7897286065374355890.post-41443494344698558792010-02-24T16:45:45.383-08:002010-02-24T16:45:45.383-08:00Thank you for pointing out educational goals in a...Thank you for pointing out educational goals in a democracy should be quite different from educational goals in repressive countries. In theory it should be obvious but in practice it can be lost.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16286057944548730151noreply@blogger.com