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Related: About this forumCA student takes on Michelle Rhee's ed reform. Kudos Hannah Nguyen.
Student takes on Michelle Rhee
Hi everyone, my name is Hannah, Im a student Just a few things though, I felt like this whole event was very much looking at these educational policy issues as a reformers versus teacher unions kind of issue, and as a student standing here and watching this battle it is really disheartening, because its a lot deeper than that, and these are everyday realities.
...And theres a lot of things brought up going back to poverty reformers say that poverty isnt destiny, and that sounds great, and I believe in that, and thats awesome. But you know what, if you really care about students, you should say that poverty shouldnt be.
Yes, we need to work on in-school factors, and simultaneously we need to work on out-of-school factors and caring about the whole child.
Back to high stakes testing. I dont know a single student Im sorry, I have a lot of friends, and I have friends at other schools too I dont know a single student who says that they learned something from a high-stakes test, and the way that their school is structured. They should be given the freedom to learn what they want to learn, open curriculum, well-rounded, arts, music, humanities .
Hannah says choice can be a good thing, but she is highly critical of charters that push out low-performing students.
Hannah Nguyen @hbnguyen18
Oh my goodness, I'm on the Answer Sheet... Is this the real life...
I am noticing a turnaround in the public's view of the reformers. Parents are realizing these "reformers" intend to undermine public school systems in our country.
I feel now that those of us who have been writing about the harm being done by this administration's policies under Arne Duncan have been vindicated. Maybe it was worth all the vitriol directed at us to see this turning around of mindsets.
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CA student takes on Michelle Rhee's ed reform. Kudos Hannah Nguyen. (Original Post)
madfloridian
Sep 2013
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chervilant
(8,267 posts)1. Thank you for this post.
More people need to hear what Sir Ken Robinson has to say. Michelle Rhee and Bill Gates are NOT "saving" public education!
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)2. You are right. They are harming public education greatly.
DiverDave
(4,887 posts)3. It's easier to steal from an uneducated person.
Oh, and the saying that smart people dont know it all...Just makes me wanna strangle somebody.
Disdain for education is a core principle for the overlords
blackspade
(10,056 posts)4. This awesome young lady layed the hammer down....
on this whole school 'reform' bullshit.
madfloridian
(88,117 posts)5. Yes, she did that for sure.
It was refreshing.