Reply #6: Teachers and those who wanted real reform of the "factory model" [View All]

of education, were beginning to get what they wanted with moving away from the heavy handed testing by using documentation of individual accomplishments. This groundswell for real learning and not just spewing forth regurgitated facts was quashed by "No child Left Behind".

There is no easy solution, but beginning in the late '70s, and through the 80's and 90s, those wonderful, idealistic people who want children to shine, were beginning to make progress toward individual enrichment and a way of showcasing what students had actually accomplished in their lives. And it included input from the students themselves.


And nice touch by calling one of the cited works as being by "a crabby bastard" Whenever making an argument about a subject, always start by name-calling. That's the way to further a discussion; hit and run.