The many initiatives discussed
for changing public education — accountability, standards, standardized testing, homework, arts in the curriculum, and so on — comprise one side of that debate.
Can Korea maintain its educational edge if it does
not change its public education system into a student - centered one that can personalize learning for each child's different learning needs and be intrinsically motivating?
Some believe that if charter schools demonstrate educational success, they could provide effective educational models as well as create pressure on local and state public education systems to operate differently, thereby acting as a catalyst for
changing public education across the nation.
As the Detroit News accurately pointed out in a recent editorial, «School reform lacks unified vision, April 22,» ever -
changing public education policy has led to a dizzying array of information for policymakers, local school boards, educators and parents to sift through.
The tactic of the education establishment, to routinely call «for more money to address problems that they frequently argued didn't exist,» notes Toch, was far less credible than Shanker's approach: fighting «to
change public education in order to preserve it.»
It changed public education in America in a very definitive way,» Carranza said.
«We will push back against those who want to
change public education, but don't know a damn thing about public education.»
Changing public education is messy and hard.
If we want to
change public education, we can't just help obvious winners.
One way that we are
changing public education is through charter schools.
It isn't a hard thing to become a hero in
changing public education for the better.
CodeRVA is a non-traditional regional public high school using innovative instructional approaches to
change public education.