Sep 30 2005

No Child Left Accountable

Published by Andy Rush at 11:11 am under News & Commentary

Mr. Haberek

I just watched the last video of this series about a teacher in Michigan who is, let’s say, a little down on teaching his high school math class. The final two videos give lots of clues as to what’s wrong with education today and I suspect, and fear, that it is rampant. Best quote from the series:

We had 14 valedictorians, and I think that’s 13 too many.
- Ben Haberek

There are no heroes in this series, only average people caught up in a system that at every turn seems counterproductive. Mr. Haberek is above average in the sense that he cares, but it can be depressing to listen to someone who cares as much, and yet be so down.

There is lots of other good stuff at Human Dog Laboratory, I just wish the “About” link said more than “Hello”. Professor Chris Weagel, tell us more about yourself, and keep up the good work.

5 responses so far

5 Responses to “No Child Left Accountable”

  1. # cweagelon 30 Sep 2005 at 11:48 am

    as soon as I get time away from editing I’ll add more the ABOUT section.

    thanks for watching.

  2. # Gardneron 03 Oct 2005 at 8:19 am

    Um, wow. How’d you find this? A sobering tale to start this Monday.

    And I fear higher ed. is falling into exactly the same trap.

  3. # 21st Century Collaborativeon 12 Oct 2005 at 1:23 pm

    Visual Literacy and Teacher Voice

    Andy Rush posts about a video series he watched at at Human Dog Laboratory. I am moved by the apathy I hear in the high school math teacher’s voice and impressed up on how incredible this medium would be to

  4. # Sheryl Nussbaum-Beachon 12 Oct 2005 at 1:25 pm

    Commented on my site on this series. Thanks for turning me on to it!
    http://21stcenturylearning.typepad.com/blog/

    Professor Chris Weagel is my new hero.

  5. # Visual Literacy and Teacher Voice « 21st Century Collaborativeon 20 Jan 2010 at 2:54 pm

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