GS Chandy
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Hyderabad, Mumbai/Bangalore, India
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Re: Why Aren't There Standards in Education Research
Posted:
Oct 19, 2012 10:31 AM
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Haim posted Oct 18, 2012 8:02 PM:
> lajones Posted: Oct 18, 2012 6:14 AM
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> >Thank you, Robert, for posing this extremely
> important
> >question. I'm a high school math teacher who has
> been
> >wondering the same thing for many, many years.
>
> The only thing that is not clear is why Robert and
> and others keep asking the question. The answer is
> staring us in the face. One has only to compare Jo
> Boaler to Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_fusion
<snip>
> What is abundantly
> clear to me is that, at least at this moment in our
> historical development, any kind of direct
> confrontation with the Education Mafia will fail.
>
<snip>
And HENCE the slogans:
- -- "PUT THE EDUCATION MAFIA IN JAIL!"
- -- "BLOW UP THE SCHOOLS OF EDUCATION!"
and the latest one:
- -- "SHUT DOWN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION!"
In my humble view from 8000 miles away, empty sloganeering will not help solve any issues.
Effective work towards a worthy Mission (such as: "To ensure that we develop an educational system as good as the best") might help.
GSC
("Still Shoveling Away!" - with the usual profound apologies to Barry Garelick for any tedium caused; and with the observation that this tedium can be EASILY avoided by the SIMPLE expedient of refraining from opening any messages purporting to have originated from GSC)
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