Modern education is vastly different from when I was a student. Children today are tested more, pushed to higher achievements and under more stress than children in the past. Teachers today are pushed to help children achieve government success standards. These standards take the individual learning styles out of play. The tests make all children a number instead of unique individuals who learn differently and have their own personal strengths and weeknesses.
I was recently having a discussion with a friend of mine who is a master reading teacher in a center based program regarding the changes in education. We were discussing the need of rethinking the paradigm which encompasses education today. She is currently involved in a blog which is designed to give an open forum to discuss the discourse and reseeding of learning/education (see Salon_Ed blog). There is a need for a grass roots movement to reevaluate our learning and teaching structure not only to meet today's modern educational standards, but more importantly meet the students intrinsic needs as well as their educational goals. I look forward as an educator, parents and citizen to being part of this movement to enhance the learning environment for today's students.
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