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physical spaces in all states of maintenance are by necessity temporal spaces; we orient

Time is a background-level context that we assume is there.

there are some spaces – and indeed, some object – that we perceive as more temporally-laden than others, regardless of whether or not those spaces and objects are in a state of ruin

Education 3.0 is based on the belief that content is freely and readily available. It is self-directed, interest-based learning where problem-solving, innovation and creativity drive education.

In short, we seem to have students who believe that projects are for assessment purposes only.

he gave the project the highest praise a teenager can give anything: he stayed up until 2:00 AM working on it.

if learning isn't accompanied by the psychological stress of an exam, then they're somehow "let off the hook" and can devalue the content.

When all is said and done, kindergarteners will have spent up to 60 days of class time—or a third of the school year—taking various standardized tests. And you wonder why so many wealthy people send their children to private schools.

to hold teachers accountable for how much their students learn—or at least how well they score on standardized tests, which is not always the same thing. But the idea is that high-scoring "good" teachers will keep their jobs and low-scoring "bad" teachers will be fired, presumably to be replaced by the thousands of "good" teachers eager to come to Illinois to give more tests.

"Most of the kids just look at me," says another kindergarten teacher who asked not to be identified. "They're five. They don't what a 'main character' means."