I was recently made aware of a comment that a teacher made about the removal of standardized tests this year. It was something to the effect of: ‘I have no idea what or how to teach now that the tests aren’t going to happen‘. This was a real ‘lightbulb’ moment for me. I thought, whatContinue reading “The Problem with Standardized Tests”
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Re-imagining Education: Changing Prescriptive Teaching and Assessment Practices in our Schools
We are now 14 years into the 21st Century, yet we are living in an Education system that was built more than 150 years ago. Yet, our children are growing up in a very different world that is interactive, collaborative, and globalized. It is a world where they can now look up new ideas, shareContinue reading “Re-imagining Education: Changing Prescriptive Teaching and Assessment Practices in our Schools”