When I heard the news last week that the Department of Education is aiming to subject 4-year-olds to high-stakes testing, all I could do is shake my head in disbelief and despondently mutter a slightly altered riff off "The Big Lebowski's" Walter Sobchak: Four-year-olds, dude. Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
An interesting counterpoint to the educational testing industry farce bought into in the US school system.
“What has happened since [the 1970s] is that teaching has become the most highly esteemed profession” in Finland, says Harvard’s Tony Wagner, who narrates the film. “There is no domestic testing . . . because they have created such a high level of professionalism, they can trust their teachers.”
