Multi-faceted Refractions

I Love McSweeneys and try t o read it. As often as possible. I got this from a twitter link today
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/lists/13stewart.html

STANDARDIZED TEST LEARNING OBJECTIVES.
BY HARLAN STEWART
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1. English Language ArtsHow to read EnglishHow to bubble answers
2. MathHow to read EnglishHow to countHow to bubble answersHow to operate a calculator
3. ScienceHow to read EnglishHow to [...]

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For the record, I believe that students should learn to develop their voice in the medium that is one of their strengths and most effectively tells communicates their story. While reading "Ten Tips for Personalized Learning" on the Edutopia Web site, I ran across the following paragraph:

3. Give Students Options
All students shouldn't be required [...]

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This morning, Scott McLeod tweeted about Seth Godin's blog post, The coming melt-down in higher education (as seen by a marketer). As the parent of one student who will soon be leaving high school and trying to determine the next step and a student just about to enter high school, I found this post provocative, [...]

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The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) 21st Century Curriculum and Technology Task Force released  a document, Online Learning: A Continuum of Opportunity, Critical Questions for Leaders (http://4dmo.com/blogs/nais/).  The committee began to create the scaffolding and framework for its constituents, Independent Schools, to guide them through determining their position on Online Learning. This document will [...]

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For the past 27 years, we are fortunate to invite a rising artist at our Morning Ex, and all school assembly that is held every Monday and Wednesday. The name derives from Morning Exercise and used to meet every day, where there were calisthenics and other chances for our founding headmaster, Perry Dunlap Smith, to teach and [...]

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