Cameron Rains, director of elementary education for Monroe County Community Schools, tells StateImpact the district's focus on data doesn't mean the district has
lost focus on student learning:
Not exact matches
I want
students to feel comfortable in my classroom, but not so comfortable that they
lose a sense of urgency or
lose focus on the
learning for the day.
Most of the time, our instincts are spot
on, but sometimes we get too
focused on these points and
lose sight of what we want
students to
learn.
The
focus on memorization, fueled by standardized testing, has obstructed
learning, according to Linda Darling - Hammond of Stanford University, who argues that
students have been
losing or squandering most of the information they acquire in school.
lose the
student achievement gap, she worked with nonprofit LEAP Innovations last year to increase personalized
learning practices, with a
focus on professional development to prepare teachers for the new instructional approach.