Title 1 Schools
I'm in a number of FB groups focused on education. One of them is on Project Based Learning. We use that as our pedagogy for our school partnerships (some are Title 1).
Anyway, someone asked if Title 1 schools (low income schools) are allowed to do PBL (which requires critical thinking, student voice, collaboration, etc.). Here is an answer from a teacher that I think should alarm us all around the perception of how our education system see students in Title 1 schools:
"Title 1 schools are not allowed to do anything that doesn’t punish them for being title 1. If a method is effective and helps students succeed, then it’s wrong because it might actually make us believe that a school or student is struggling because of systemic problems that can be fixed through methods that aren’t punitive in nature. So you have to decide whether you want to do what is best for kids or what you’re allowed to do."
When I think about all the methods (double dosing, drill and kill, removal of electives, spendinhmg millions on the next majival curriculum, etc.) used to get Title 1 students to pass the useless state tests, it makes me sick that schools won't even consider methods that are proven to truly educate students of all backgrounds. That tells me we're happy with the way things are.
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