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Education: Debunking the Case for National Standards – Alfie Kohn
originally posted at Daily Kos
Alfie Kohn is one of the most cogent critics of much of what goes on in education. He is well known for his belief that eliminating homework and grades will lead to more and better learning. You can explore many of his ideas at his website.
He has a piece coming out in Education Week, of which he has a slightly expanded version at the website, which you can read in its entirety here. Consider this paragraph from the middle of the piece:
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Standards vs. Criteria….a distinction worth maintaining?
This is a comment on Ken’s post about Alfie Kohn’s article on national standards, and Barb’s comment. This got to be too long to “fit” into the comments, so I decided to make it a post on its on.
I agree wholeheartedly with Ken’s post (and Alfie’s thoughts, mostly). And Barb’s distinction between standards and standardization is useful, although in a practical sense, I’m not quite sure how national standards would NOT lead to national standardized tests, especially if “accountability” remains the mantra of federal “reform” efforts.
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Higher Education in US – Some Related Facts
The United States is one of the prime destinations for Indian students keen to pursue higher education abroad, the reason being the wide variety of courses offered with great flexibility with regard to course selection, timings, and permissions to change courses, specializations and even universities mid-way. Higher education in US is very different from the one followed in India. The 3-year Bachelors Degree in India is a 4-year Undergraduate Degree in the US and the 2-year Post Graduate Degree in India is a 2-year Graduate Degree in US. In fields like medicine the duration of study is even longer.
For higher education in US you need to apply 18 to 24 months in advance of the session you wish to join for. The entire application procedure is time consuming and requires advance planning. Let’s focus on some of the preliminary aspects related to admission for university studies and what needs to be done in these cases.
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