Monday, October 25, 2010

Re: Wondering what others think of the information in this interview?

On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 5:26 PM, David Withrow
<davidwithrow@harfordday.org>wrote:

> BTW , 2 Trillion dollars are sitting in the coffers of businesses, great
> and small. hmmm..... Who's playing whom?
> When the owners of the country play the rest of us ..... the Tea Party is a
> distraction/
>
> On the other hand there is often resistance to the idea of collaboration in
> the classroom and collaborative assessment. That is what the interview said
> to me.
>
> Even in an advantaged setting collaborative learning has an important role.
> The leaders of the educational community must take the educational role:
> that of informing all of us about a rising tide raises the community. Yet,
> who has that courage? In these tight times most heads cannot, will not move
> on this. The community, in general, believes in the myth that making money
> separates you from the crowd.
>
> cynically,
>
>
>
>

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