[T] he same old teaching becomes incredibly more expensive and biased toward its dumbest parts, namely the kind of rote learning in which measurable results can be obtained by treating the children like pigeons in a Skinner box. (edutopia.org)
The current focus on rote learning of facts and knowledge benefit the companies which set exams and print text books. (schoolsweek.co.uk)
No Child Left Behind mandated a high stakes standardized testing environment that unintentionally narrowed schools to focus on rote learning in reading and math. (abdoakland.org)