EPISODE · Jun 23, 2022 · 55 MIN
Episode 94: False Sense of Performance
from Science In-Between · host Scott McDonald and Ollie Dreon
This week we talk about standards, standardizing, and what makes sense to makes sense to standardize and why. Having consistency can help support equity across classes, schools, states, and even the country, but rigid curriculum are not responsive to students. How can we think about having standards (i.e. goals for what all students should know/be able to do), without having solutions that are scripted, decontextualized and disconnected from the local context and community where students live? Things that bring us joy this week: Ronin by Frank Miller Middlewest by Skottie Young Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
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This week we talk about standards, standardizing, and what makes sense to makes sense to standardize and why. Having consistency can help support equity across classes, schools, states, and even the country, but rigid curriculum are not responsive to students. How can we think about having standards (i.e. goals for what all students should know/be able to do), without having solutions that are scripted, decontextualized and disconnected from the local context and community where students live? Things that bring us joy this week: Ronin by Frank Miller Middlewest by Skottie Young Intro/Outro Music: Notice of Eviction by Legally Blind
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