Peter E. Pflaum - Golden Globe - The Synergy Network
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TO: List

RE: Schools Reborn,  a review

We started with three books. People serious about teaching and
learning should read:
1.) Smart Schools, Smart Kids Why do some Schools Work by Edward
B. Fiske. (Required)
2.)The Age of Unreason, Charles Handy
3.) The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R.
Covey
 
Fiske was going to do a chapter on teacher education but it "is
the big black hole in the movement to create smart schools." p
256 Dull, dull, dull - the students I get from the average school
system are boring. They started as normal curious kids. They have
been damaged by the system. This is the issue. The country lost
3% of its value since Friday.  A strong dollar and a strong
country. Great Yen, Franks, DM but who wants Rubles? Our greatest
asset is our children. Lets get on with it. We know how to
improve schools - make them better, then better again. No final
answers but a process. 
This discussion has been going on for 50 years and schools have
only become worse. Every reform with a name has been tried and
messed up. Why not do something that works - professionalize the
trade and give power to little self-governing groups who can do
what they need to do without a command and control structure.
Like other professionals. 
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