Field Hearing on "education at a Crossroads--what Works? What's Wasted?": Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, First Session, Hearing Held in Des Moines, Iowa, November 3, 1997, Band 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1996 - 354 Seiten |
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Seite 97 - Because adults take the schools so much for granted, they fail to appreciate what grim, joyless places most American schools are, how oppressive and petty are the rules by which they are governed, how intellectually sterile and esthetically barren the atmosphere, what an appalling lack of civility obtains on the part of teachers and principals, what contempt they unconsciously display for children as children.
Seite 345 - These assessments need to reflect real world situations that require higher order thinking skills. In our schools, persons teach to the test since there is a great emphasis on high test scores. Because of this, we need to be sure what is tested is what is important for people to know and be able to do in order to be successful in their lives.
Seite 95 - The interesting thing about the Times study was that the study had been conducted on college freshmen. By 1985, 74% of the American population aged 25 years or older had completed at least four years of high school, while 19% had completed at least four years of college. But, during this time of expansion of schooling, we began to have a pervasive sense of failure of the system. In 1953, Arthur Bestor, a professor of history at the University of Illinois wrote a popular book entitled Educational...
Seite 182 - Thank you Mr. Chairman for giving me the opportunity to address this Subcommittee on the topic of "What Works? and What's Wasted?
Seite 93 - House Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Field Hearing on "Education at a Crossroads: What Works? What's Wasted?
Seite 112 - the philosophy of the class room in one generation, will be the philosophy of government in the next...
Seite 95 - A large majority of the students showed that they had virtually no knowledge of elementary aspects of American history. They could not identify such names as Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson or Theodore Roosevelt. Most of our students do not have the faintest notion of what this country looks like.
Seite 96 - Yes." then we must ask ourselves this second question : Is the Nation doing all that it can and all that it should to turn back that threat? If the answer to that is "No," then I submit that something is wrong with us and that we are in trouble. One final thought : You know that there can be no second place in a contest with Russia and that there will be no second chance if we lose.
Seite 96 - American life...[i]n almost every area, improvements beyond what everyone thought possible fifty or twentyfive or even ten years ago have produced anger and anxiety, rather than satisfaction.
Seite 119 - ... rich. They must be injected which means a 100% voucher system allowing all parents to send their children to the schools of their choice which will have to compete for their business just like any other American enterprise. Anything less is doomed to failuic and is a waste of lime.