http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/06/02/us-education-the-envy-of-the-world-really/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:44:17 -0500 hourly 1 http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/06/02/us-education-the-envy-of-the-world-really/comment-page-1/#comment-4092 babbie Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:06:57 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=462#comment-4092 Sorry, but I refuse to believe that our high schools are producing students who can think critically. What these officials are seeing is the result of our free economy. "Ingenuity, quick thinking, and problem solving"--students must be dragged kicking and screaming (metaphorically, of course) into any activity in the classroom beyond parroting back information. I'm referring to the average student here, not the highly motivated one. Sorry, but I refuse to believe that our high schools are producing students who can think critically. What these officials are seeing is the result of our free economy. “Ingenuity, quick thinking, and problem solving”–students must be dragged kicking and screaming (metaphorically, of course) into any activity in the classroom beyond parroting back information. I’m referring to the average student here, not the highly motivated one.

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