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Re: Learning the BASIS for Advanced Placement Courses
Posted:
Jun 6, 2004 6:36 PM
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On 8 Jun 04 07:19:53 -0400 (EDT), Pam wrote:
>http://www.bridges4kids.org/articles/5-04/WashPost5-25-04.html#top
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>Learning the BASIS for Advanced Placement Courses
>by Jay Mathews, Washington Post, May 25, 2004
>For more articles like this visit
>http://www.bridges4kids.org
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>The shock came when she enrolled the child in a public
>school in Scottsdale, Ariz., for sixth grade, and discovered that
>typical American middle schools, even in affluent communities like
>Scottsdale, do not require that students learn much.
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>"They were going to study a whale for awhile and then a volcano," said
>Michael Block. To Olga, the program did not make any sense at all.
This is indicative of how pseudo-educators have so thoroughly demolished
the traditional curriculum in the U.S. For example, when I was in sixth
grade our history book contained topics similar to those posted at:
http://mathforum.org/epigone/math-teach/zhangsmorbun/
It is possible to have a relatively sound curriculum without the AP and
other testing rackets.
Dom Rosa
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