Merely extending the length of the school day is an example of a clear, simple and wrong solution to the complex problem of creating a great school for all children.
Too many children dislike school, so why would we subject them to more of the same?
Alfie Kohn and Pasi Sahlberg are important because they challenge us to question the preconceived notions we have about what school should look like. As progressive educators, their role is to engage and challenge us all to reconsider our assumptions about education.
Too many of us are reassured by signs of formal-traditional school and are disturbed by their absence. Too many children experience school as something done to them rather than with them. Kohn and Sahlberg challenge us to move beyond our primitive forms of achievement such as testsandgrades and to make school about what matters most -- our children's desire to go on learning.
Too many of us are reassured by signs of formal-traditional school and are disturbed by their absence. Too many children experience school as something done to them rather than with them. Kohn and Sahlberg challenge us to move beyond our primitive forms of achievement such as testsandgrades and to make school about what matters most -- our children's desire to go on learning.
