the role of education is to help our children become who they are meant to be instead of working towards an average which testing promotes.
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We take this narrowed, biased model of success and try to replicate it in schools; yet these models further reduce diversity of thought, experience and creativity among our students.
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If we are to support our children to become creative problem-solvers, then we need to move away from pursuing averages that are based on a single prescribed profile for all learners.
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the most important skill a school can pass down to its students is the ability to motivate themselves
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“The mission of a progressive school should be to prepare young people to cope with change, or better still, to make them look forward to change. In the 21st century, schools should see it as their job to develop strong personalities.”
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“The more freedom you have, the more structure you need,” says Rasfeld.
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