- colleges and universities - that drive the secondary schools to near
madness with all the afore mentioned work and also with the whole high
school curriculum being replaced with AP courses that TEACH TO THE TEST.
As long as higher education gives the impression this is needed to enter
their hallowed halls, secondary schools will be slaves to this
craziness. My idealistic self would like to think that we could stand
up and just say no. Then, of course, this discussion moves to the
parents who are also mesmerized by the power of higher education. As a
group, could we make a case (research-loaded, well-written, persuasive,
etc.) against teaching "AP" classes and instead teaching the knowledge
that we feel our students need, much of which might be identified and
quantified by an AP exam, but could perhaps be more eloquently learned
by our students in a way that enters into their lifelong knowledge, not
just what is need to know for the month of May?
My $0.02 (just me, not speaking for my colleagues here at FVS).
-Ann
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Ross Lenet
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 5:49 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: The College Board's place in education
David, an AP Coordinator is essentially a logistical person. Somebody
has=20
to do the job, but I'm up for a good discussion about the College Board
if=20
everyone else is. In fact, in all my years on this list I don't remember
a=20
spirited discussion about the College Board.
I'll get it going with my own rant. I wonder if everyone realizes the=20
amount of (essentially) free labor the College Board extracts from=20
schools. I think we'd be absolutely stunned at the megabucks that would
be=20
involved if schools could charge market rates for the labor needed to=20
carry out the College Board's programs. I bet the dollars involved would
be sufficient to keep General Motors afloat for a few years, and you can
throw in Chrysler, too.
Ross Lenet
Sidwell Friends School
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