Why It's Time to Eliminate Class Schedules - Education - GOOD - 0 views
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What if we removed the passive course-to-course drudgery of the school day? What if there was no schedule?
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What if the students initiated these projects and the teachers spent their time recording TED-style talks that would serve as inspiration and help students generate benchmark-related ideas?
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If students spent their time producing authentic projects instead of driving toward test scores, it would provide tangible measurement of what they can do, and the tug-of-war over the meaning of grades would end. But as long as we keep the current way classes are scheduled, we will continue claiming that we just don’t have time for learning.