Hearing on the Status of Education in America and Directions for the Future: Hearings Before the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session : Hearings Held in Washington, DC, November 13 and 14, 1989, Volumen4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 397 páginas |
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Página 197 - If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war.
Página 257 - The school's goals should be simple: that each student master a limited number of essential skills and areas of knowledge. While these skills and areas will, to varying degrees, reflect the traditional academic disciplines, the program's design should be shaped by the intellectual and imaginative powers and competencies that students need, rather than necessarily by "subjects" as conventionally defined. The aphorism "Less Is More...
Página 1 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR, Washington, DC The committee met, pursuant to adjournment, at 9 :30 am, in room 2175, Rayburn House Office Building,.
Página 197 - Our Nation is at risk. Our once unchallenged preeminence in commerce, industry, science, and technological innovation is being overtaken by competitors throughout the world.
Página 258 - Exhibition." This Exhibition by the student of his or her grasp of the central skills and knowledge of the school's program may be jointly administered by the faculty and by higher authorities.
Página 258 - As the diploma is awarded when earned, the school's program proceeds with no strict age grading and with no system of "credits earned" by "time spent" in class. The emphasis is on the students' demonstration that they can do important things.
Página 258 - ... cost not to exceed that at traditional schools by more than 10 percent. To accomplish this, administrative plans may have to show the phased reduction or elimination of some services now provided students in many traditional comprehensive secondary schools.
Página 258 - Staff should expect multiple obligations (teacher-counselor-manager) and a sense of commitment to the entire school. 9. Ultimate administrative and budget targets should include, in addition to total student loads per teacher of eighty or fewer pupils, substantial time for collective planning by teachers, competitive salaries for staff, and an ultimate per pupil cost not to exceed that at traditional schools by more than 10 percent. To accomplish this, administrative plans...
Página 258 - To capitalize on personalization, decisions about the course of study, the use of students' and teachers' time, and the choice of teaching materials and specific pedagogies must be unreservedly placed in the hands of the principal and staff. 5. The governing practical metaphor of the school should be studentas-worker, rather than the more familiar metaphor of teacher-asdeliverer-of-instructional-services.
Página 258 - Students entering secondary school studies are those who can show competence in language and elementary mathematics. Students of traditional high school age but not yet at appropriate levels of competence to enter secondary school studies will be provided intensive remedial work to assist them quickly to meet these standards. The diploma should be awarded upon a successful final demonstration of mastery for graduation — an "Exhibition.