April 28, 2008
Is this the first (and/or only) of its kind, or am I missing something?
Posted by Jeff Wasserman under ThinkingHas anyone else (aside from Clay, who turned me on to it) seen the NYC Students Blog? If you haven’t yet, take a few minutes and read it, then come back. I’ll be here.
Anyway, am I told to be excited by the idea of a few high school students using a blog to organize protests, to call the system to account, and to pass information along?
Why don’t we have this in my district?
May 21st, 2008 at 2:29 pm
After a quick look at the latest post I am likely to return. Take a look at what this senior wrote. I love it:
“Testing Class, as I will call it, by its very nature would be a process (instead of content) based learning class, something we need more of in our schools. It would teach students how to approach many problems and issues. It would also be more helpful in preparing them for standardized tests, by focusing on specific skills rather than today’s tactic of vaguely tying it into other subjects, which just confuses students as to what they’re supposed to be concentrating on. This aspect of the class could also hopefully improve equality by giving students who can’t afford pricey test prep services these helpful skills.
But the most important part of Testing Class, will be that it will alleviate the need for test prep in academic subjects. Academic teachers will then be able to focus more on other skills, such as writing, approaching a document, understanding complex conceptual ideas, and creative projects.
Just an idea…”
A great one, at that.