Public Education: Stop the Testing!
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Dear Friend,
thank you for the video
i totally agree with you100%and i support you 100% you are doing something amazing and i love you for that
i donl;t have children
can you explain to me are children under pressure by doing stupid test can you elaborate a bit more i would really appreciate.
i am more than happy to support you and help you in any way i can
fabienne
Hi Dr. Melrose–
I met and spoke with you at the Consultants Conference in Chicago last June. I have been a teacher for 25 years and teach algebra, various levels in 8th grade in Boise, ID. I have been so increasingly discouraged over the past 5 years due to testing and other practices and attitudes in education that I have decided to quit–throw the towel in! I no longer want to be a teacher. I am quitting out of principle for the negative changes that have recently taken place. I have been developing a business with a friend and feel I can maybe do more for schools on the outside rather than the inside. I plan to send letters to our state legislators and district administrators as I exit expressing my concerns. So, if there is anything you can think of that you would like me to do, just let me know. Your plea is definitely needed and our country needs to WAKE UP about our schools. Thank you for your efforts!
Wow, what a powerful and bold message! I am the parent of a Kindergartener in the Long Beach Unified School District, so I am only recently becoming acquainted with the public school system. I don’t recall having to go through standardized testing when I was a child in public school, and I came out okay. So I don’t know why or when public school districts began standardized tests. It is an absurd idea, and doesn’t reward or encourage children for thinking independently, and obviously puts unnecessary stress on children. There is a lot wrong with the curriculum in public schools, but how do objecting parents infiltrate that bureaucratic institution? I’m also beginning to question the programs supported and funded by the PTA, but it seems to be an overwhelming task to try to change things, especially when the majority of the public school parents are too busy working full time to pay attention to the things that are being introduced to their children while under the care of their schools. How does one begin to make change? Most people aren’t up to the challenge, which is why they choose private education for their children. I will forward your message to everyone I know.
Keep doing what your doing, Dr Melrose. You have changed the way I look at human beings and that changed the way I nurture others. Thank You. I was thinking that we need action on a local level. The ears of our town officials will perk up when they hear the words “money spent on testing is not producing the promised results”. From crisis comes opportunity, so take heart. Teachers and parents and children, all are aware that we are off course. My experience tells me that our system is set up to ignore the needs of people, and wrongly focuses on dollars every time. Money of course is the least of our concerns, when it comes to children. Gandi said “when the people lead, leaders will follow.”
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