A must read for all. And not a moment too soon, I might add!
Our endless focus on teachers only will not get us where we need to be. For education, students need to be active participants in their own learning. And parents need to support our schools. Only with this full-blown partnership will we finally see real and sustained progress.
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/walt_gardners_reality_check/2011/03/student_responsibility_for_learning_part_ii.html
It’s so obvious! Yet, until now, unspoken. Thank you for these important pieces and research.
See also STEP 8 in my book, Fixing Special Education–12 Steps to Transform a Broken System. The chapter is called, “Remind students, parents, and teachers that education is an active process.” Readjust our incentive system!
This little flipbook is available on Amazon.com on this website’s Store!
About Miriam
Miriam Kurtzig Freedman, JD, MA—an expert in public education, focused on special education law— is a lawyer, author, speaker, consultant, and reformer.
For more than 35 years, Miriam worked with educators, parents, policy makers, and citizens to translate complex legalese into plain English and focus on good practices for children.
Now, she focuses her passion on reforming special education, with her new book, Special Education 2.0—Breaking Taboos to Build a NEW Education Law. Presentations include those at the AASA Conference, Orange County (CA), Boston College (MA), CADRE (OR), and the Fordham Institute (DC). Her writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Education Week, Education Next, Hoover Digest, The University of Chicago Law Review on line, DianeRavitch.net, and The Atlantic Monthly on line.
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