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POPSYoung Children and Testing Dr. Daniel: High quality early childhood programs assess children’s learning to ensure that the curriculum is meeting young children’s needs. Curriculum and assessment occur in a never-ending cycle that allows teachers and parents to gather evidence of a child's progress in skill development as well as the understanding of concepts. If parents or teachers suspect developmental delays, a developmental screening can let them know if a further diagnostic evaluation is necessary. The input of a specialist combined with the observations of parents and teachers can be used to further individualize the child’s learning environment to maximize their growth and all around development. No one test or assessment should be used to determine a young child's future involvement in educational activities. NAEYC feels that high-stakes testing should not be employed among young children prior to the third grade. Young children are not reliable test-takers.
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POPSDid you know: half of all U.S. teachers quit within five years? I didn't know this, but it doesn't surprise me. Citing salaries too low to repay student loans (needed to get the master's degrees now required in many jurisdictions), as well as hostile working conditions, the average teacher quits 2 1/2 years after starting the job. From May 2006.
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POPSWojtek Wawszczyk: "Pingwin" (Penguin) Somehow, this is a parable on symbiotically breaking through the lines of forlornness. - - - - - - Wojtek Wawszczyk: director / designer / writer / character animator / animation supervisor; education: the Polish National Film School in Lodz, Poland, and the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany. - - - - - - See also Wawszczyk's short film "Headless" .
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POPSMusic for the Brain Some people say that art and music are an impractical luxury for schools, given the hyper competitive demands of "globalization" that require a strong background in science and math. Laying aside the wrong-headed workforce-training assumptions behind such an instrumentalist educational philosophy, another way of looking at it is: given the "new economic" reality -- where workers won't have long-term jobs or careers but multiple jobs and careers -- the advantage goes to those with nimble minds and creative intelligence; not the proficient test-takers our education factories are producing. Improving the achievement gap? Raising test scores? Preventing kids from dropping out? We need more music education, not less. The math is simple.
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