Dear EfHG Partners,
I have been working with three others to prepare for building a network of people who want to change our system of public education to meet the needs of individual students. We invite you to be part of the network. As one of the steps, we would like to get the following into the hands of as many teachers as possible. It can be posted on bulletin boards
in school faculty rooms and in many places on the World Wide Web. If you agree with it, we invite you to distribute the following as widely as you can:
If You Believe……….
- That every child is different from all others, with unique talents, personality, interests and needs.
- That these diverse characteristics define each child's reasons to exist and contribute to the world.
- That it is a senseless and tragic waste to allow any child's genius to go unrealized.
Then………..
It’s time to act! Together we can:
- Switch to a student-centered system of public education with high standards for diverse human development.
- End the use of high-stakes testing to enforce student uniformity of learning.
- Give teachers the agency needed to develop real partnerships with students, parents, and communities to create the schools our children need.
- Allow for personalized graduation plans to honor the diverse strengths, interests, and aptitudes of each student.
For more information, open these links:
http://www.educationrevolution.org/store/growing-greatness-in-our-schools-leading-the-student-centered-revolution/
Contact Information for the Growing Greatness Network:
Anthony Dallmann-Jones: asdjones@gmail.com
MaryBeth Merritt: merrittmb@aol.com
Darrell Stoddard: darrellstoddard@gmail.com
Lynn Stoddard: lstrd@yahoo.com
Jim Strickland: livedemocracy@hotmail.com
