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Category Archives: Curriculum
Part III: All Asbury Park Children Left Behind
Considering Asbury Park schools have failed to make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for the fifth year under the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) mandate and as a result run the risk of major restructuring, it seems an appropriate time … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, School Reform & The Recall
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John Dewey & Food: Linking School to the Lives of Our Youth
DEWEY & EXPERIENCE In “Experience and Education” John Dewey opens discussing the “organic connection between education and personal experience.” He goes on to explain “that does not mean that all experiences are genuinely or equally educative… everything depends on the … Continue reading
Crap-Detecting & Creativity: An opportunity for Asbury Park
“A built-in, shock-proof, crap detector.” That was Ernest Hemingway’s response when asked if there were one quality needed, above all others, to be a good writer. Neil Postman took that line and proposed it as the best thing schools can … Continue reading
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