Want to share your thoughts about education with the nation? Now's your chance! John Stossel recently followed up his 2006 program, Stupid in America with a show featuring new insights and observations and he wants to hear from you! He will be taping a show live in response to the new segment where he'll be sharing reactions to the show. Below is the show broken down into six segments each with some questions to consider. Watch, think, and respond (using labels A, B, C...) to any questions that elicit a reaction. If you do, you can get your comments on air by responding to this post.
Stossel is especially interested in any comments you have that are provocative, insightful, or hostile. John will take a look at your comments and consider including quotes from readers of The Innovative Educator during his taping tomorrow. You will be able to watch the show on Thursday at 10 pm Eastern time and Saturday and Sunday at 9 pm and midnight.
Stossel is especially interested in any comments you have that are provocative, insightful, or hostile. John will take a look at your comments and consider including quotes from readers of The Innovative Educator during his taping tomorrow. You will be able to watch the show on Thursday at 10 pm Eastern time and Saturday and Sunday at 9 pm and midnight.
Additionally, if you want to attend the taping which takes place on Tuesday, October 18th at 7 pm at Fox Studios, I will be able to offer tickets to a select number of readers who respond to this post with their name, email, and why it is they want to attend.
So what are you waiting for? Go ahead. Watch! Think! Comment! Be heard!
A - Public schools are making us “Stupid in America.” What some are doing to change that.
- School spending has tripled. School improvement - Ziltch
- Since there is no improvement correlated to spending, should we reduce taxpayer burden? Why or why not?
- Are test scores the best way to measure improvement?
- Are our industrial-age model schools really failing or are they doing just what they are designed to do? i.e. babysit, reward compliance, punish those who question authority
- Charter schools are doing the same job as public schools with less money.
- Why is that?
- How can public school learn from this?
- Charter school operator Ben Chavis says he can take the worst school and turn it around at his American Indian Public Schools. Keys to his success: 1) Hire students to teach students 2) Use embarrassment to keep people in line 3) Teachers know they can be fired in a moment’s notice
- Do you believe he can turn around any school?
- Do you believe this model is best for children?