Dianne White » reading http://www.diannewrites.com writer, teacher, traveler Wed, 06 Apr 2011 05:49:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Images and Words http://www.diannewrites.com/2010/08/23/images-and-words/ http://www.diannewrites.com/2010/08/23/images-and-words/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:56:24 +0000 Dianne http://www.diannewrites.com/?p=2345 RaptHere’s a link to some beautiful photographs of people around the world reading: “Steve MCCurry’s Blog -  Fusion: The Synergy of Images and Words” TAKE A LOOK!


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And I’m okay with a decent amount of math, too. But the bottom line is that the pendulum has swung TOO far and this op-ed article in Monday’s NYT sums up quite nicely the direction in which I *wish* education was headed.

What I wouldn’t give to teach in the (theoretical) third grade classroom described here.


All I can say is… I hope somebody with the power to make these kind of HUGE changes in the way curriculum is developed is listening.

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