[Unedited] Mike Rose with Krista Tippett
On Being with Krista Tippett
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I'm Troubled by the Overreliance on Technocratic Ways About Schooling
There are these kinds of technocratic ways that we can measure with precision what people are learning, how well teachers are teaching. And the technocratic ways are, of course, these high stake, standardized tests. Now, unfortunately, a lot of that same kind of thinking is carrying over into this new administration. A significant number of folks who are involved in policy formation are at a far remove from the schools. This is a moral, ethical question of equity. We have to do something to do better with those children. But i don't think that the kind of curriculum in schooling that emerges from the current programme of of accountability will get us where we want to be.
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