So last week, President Obama called for billions to support education... keep teachers employed and rebuild schools. (EdWeek's article on it is here.) That sure seems a good idea to me, although I am apprehensive about the future of the bill in the politically divisive environment that we have seen in recent years. Like many, I am loosing faith in the individuals who we have elected, it seems they are more interested in scoring points with their political base and making the other party look bad so they can be elected rather than actually fixing the problems we face.
The problem is exacerbated with education as ours is a social system, but it is a system that is based on the biology of the human brain and how it learns. Unfortunately, the human brain does not construct knowledge in a manner that is easy to measure objectively. I am afraid that any funds available from the American Jobs Act will be attached to the requirement that improved test scores result.
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