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Old 06-10-2008, 05:35 PM   #19
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Re: Understanding the Issues: Education

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Originally Posted by saden1 View Post
It's definitely a bad thing if you talk to teachers. I had the opportunity to speak with a middle school teacher/principle a few weeks ago and he said they're just training the children to take the test. No critical think necessary. When teachers don't believe in what they are doing how can they possibly do a good job?

SAT is a total different beast, it's a collage aptitude test. Teachers can do some prep-work to prepare students for the test but they don't base their curriculum on the test.
While I agree teachers get stuck teaching to the test isn't it the basic stuff kids nee to know?
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