When thinking about how the implementation of the policies Darling-Hammond laid out at the end of Flat World, I can't help but hope that more of it could be reality. The book itself is a few years old now, but some districts really have begun implementing some of her suggestions, whether borrowed from her or realized separately. I know at our school, we are working really hard at creating and sharing meaningful learning goals. We want students to understand what we are trying to teach them and the why behind it. We want students to be able to identify where they are in their individual learning progress. As for the rest? We really have a long way to go.
When it comes to John Dewey's quote (“What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must we want for all children in the community. Any other ideal for our schools is narrow and unlovely; acted upon, it destroys our democracy”) I feel like most people in the education world do their best to follow this ideology. The problems tend to arise with agreeing with what are the best practices for children. Parents don't even agree. I do think that some of what is spoken to in Flat World can definitely begin to help up come to consensus about how to approach learning and tackling the inequality issues.
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