We all know that the educational system is far from perfect. Reformers spend lots of time, money and effort trying to fix problems. As a history teacher, I am always a bit hesitant to embrace sweeping changes until I have thought about and analyzed the consequences of the actions. So while I often read about education and try to apply concepts that I agree with in my own class, I am always going to think of potential problems that might arise first as to deal with any troubleshooting issues. Call me a Negative Ned all you want, my mom would call it being realistic. Yet I read this article and I must admit it hooked me. I know there are potential problems with the model and things would have to change around it...yada yada yada. However, it deals with one of the biggest problems I have found at implementing large-scale educational reform: the school building itself. It would divide school into four types of classrooms: This was something that stood out from the crowd of reforms, at least in my opinion.
I am going to try and embrace the last part of the article too when it comes to change. What are your thoughts about this? Is it too idealistic? Is it something worth striving for? Am I asking too many questions?
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