Comments on: School Peeves http://www.laurainsideout.com/2008/06/26/school-peeves/ Enjoy the little things for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things -- Robert Brault Sat, 19 May 2012 16:23:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Christine http://www.laurainsideout.com/2008/06/26/school-peeves/#comment-300 Christine Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:10:51 +0000 http://www.laurainsideout.com/?p=648#comment-300 Teaching to the lowest denominator is a result of No Child Left Behind policy, the end-all-fix-all bright idea from our tax supported leaders. I'm with you on the self-paced learning. That's where a lot of these much smaller, alternative education type school come in. Unfortunately, we still need a public school system to teach the majority -mostly our future work force- which is not to say that the current system isn't outdated and in dire need of upgrading. Teaching to the lowest denominator is a result of No Child Left Behind policy, the end-all-fix-all bright idea from our tax supported leaders.

I’m with you on the self-paced learning. That’s where a lot of these much smaller, alternative education type school come in. Unfortunately, we still need a public school system to teach the majority -mostly our future work force- which is not to say that the current system isn’t outdated and in dire need of upgrading.

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