The Importance of Standards in Education

Seth Godin: Why do we have national standards? Ami from the UK asks. She says it's not because they're easy to measure, but that school is for something else. We need nonconformacy as a way to stimulate our minds and help children solve problems of the future, she adds. SethGodin: I think you do have to fit in a bit for people to accept your ideas. For me, especially, I don't like doing it,. Do we not need to be effective to almost create that safe space to then plant the seed of ideas?