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I respectfully disagree. Just like standardized state tests have done much
to improve the quality of teaching and learning (at least for the lower-
end students - but not only for them, evidence suggests), having a
national standard is likely to be helpful precisely because it changes
"the value (or lack of it) that is placed upon learning in our society."
The big concern in "our society" is that the US is losing its competitive
edge to other countries - the US, not the state of Missouri or Alaska or
whatnot - it's a national problem that requires a national solution, I
think.
Of course, I was educated (high school + college) in the Soviet Union so I
am sure I have my biases, comrades...
Boris
Boris Korsunsky, EdD
Weston High School
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Subject: Re: [ap-physics] 46 States, D.C. Plan to Draft Common Education
Standards
I say it means nothing -- people learn only to the extent that they
have an internalized desire to learn (learning, in this context,
meaning something that lasts more than a week). A common standard
does nothing to change the value (or lack of it) that is placed upon
learning in our society.
Bill Taylor
Physics, AP Physics, Rocketry Club
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Richard Hake <rrhake@earthlink.net> wrote:
If you reply to this long (8 kB) post please don't hit the reply buttondown to
unless you prune the copy of this post that may appear in your reply
a few relevant lines, otherwise the entire already archived post may beattention
needlessly resent to subscribers.
I thank Jerry Becker (2009) of the Math-Teach list for calling my
to the Maria Glod's (2009) Washington Post report "46 States, D.C. Planto
Draft Common Education Standards."effort
Glod wrote [bracketed by lines "GGGGG. . . . .":
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
Forty-six states and the District of Columbia today will announce an
to craft a single vision for what children should learn each year fromtoward a
kindergarten through high school graduation, an unprecedented step
uniform definition of success in American schools.a
The push for common reading and math standards marks a turning point in
movement to judge U.S. children using one yardstick that reflectsgrade
expectations set for students in countries around the world at a time of
global competition. Today, each state decides what to teach in third-
reading, fifth-grade math and every other class. Critics think some seta
bar so that students can pass tests but, ultimately, are ill-prepared.to
Led by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State
School Officers, the states, including Maryland and Virginia, are aiming
define a framework of content and skills that meet an overarching goal.When
students get their high school diplomas, the coalition says, they shouldbe
ready to tackle college or a job. The benchmarks would be"internationally
competitive."TEXAS,
Once the organizers of the effort agree to a proposal, each state would
decide individually whether to adopt it.
The nearly complete support of governors for the effort -- LEADERS IN
Alaska, Missouri and South Carolina are the only ones that HAVE NOTSIGNED
ON -- is key. Many Republicans oppose nationally mandated standards,saying
schools should not be controlled by Washington. But there is broadsupport
for a voluntary effort that bubbles up from the states. [My CAPS.]we
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
Judging from the state of science education in Texas [Hake (2009a,b,c)]
can thank our lucky stars that leaders of the Lone Star State have NOTAgency
signed on. For example, the abstract of "Science Education in Texas #4"
[Hake (2009c)] reads:
****************************************
ABSTRACT: The National Center for Science Education (NCSE
<http://ncseweb.org/>) reported that (a) "the Texas Senate voted NOT to
confirm Don McLeroy in his post as chair of the Texas state board of
education on May 28, 2009," and (b) according to the Houston Chronicle
"there is speculation in the Capitol and within the Texas Education
that Gov. Rick Perry might elevate Cynthia Dunbar, R-Richmond, to leadthe
board." Dunbar is the author of One Nation Under God that advocates morereport by
religion in the public square. According to a Dallas Morning News
Christy Hoppe (2006), Texas Gov. Rick Perry "believes that non-Christians
are doomed."Teach
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
24245 Hatteras Street, Woodland Hills, CA 91367
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands.
<rrhake@earthlink.net>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi/>
<http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com/>
REFERENCES
Becker, J. 2009. "46 States, D.C. Plan to Draft Comm Educ Stds," Math
post of 2 Jun 2, 2009 1:14 PM (what time zone?), online on the OPENStandards,"
Math-Teach archives at
<http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?threadID=1946718&tstart=0>.
Glod, M. 2009. "46 States, D.C. Plan to Draft Common Education
Washington Post, 1 June; online at <http://tinyurl.com/pwktx2>, and alsoa
"beckered" into the Math Teach archives by Jerry Becker (2009) in accord
with the "fair use" provision of U.S. Copyright Law as provided for in
Section 107, Title 17, according to which copyrighted material can be
distributed, if it's done so without profit, to those who have expressed
prior interest in receiving the included information for research andonline
educational purposes. For more information see
<http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml> .
Hake, R.R. 2009a. "Science Education in Texas #2," online on the OPEN!
AERA-L archives at <http://tinyurl.com/nb3bem>. Post of 28 May 2009
21:01:29 -0700 to AERA-L, Net-Gold, & PhysLrnR. The abstract is also
at2.html>
<http://hakesedstuff.blogspot.com/2009/05/science-education-in-texas-
with a provision for comments. As of 2 June 15:40:00-0700 the number ofwith
AP-Physics responses had risen to 67 !! , not counting about 7 posts
slight changes in the subject line.]3.html>
Hake, R.R. 2009b. "Science Education in Texas #3," online at
<http://hakesedstuff.blogspot.com/2009/06/science-education-in-texas-
with a provision for comments. Post of 31 May 2009 09:57:22-0700 to AP-Bio
(evidently rejected), Biopi-L, Physhare, PhysLrnR, & Physoc.4.html>
Hake, R.R. 2009c. "Science Education in Texas #4," online on the OPEN!
AERA-L archives at <http://tinyurl.com/ph4qzz>. Post of 2 Jun 2009
12:58:43-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract is also online at
<http://hakesedstuff.blogspot.com/2009/06/science-education-in-texas-
with a provision for comments.
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