Comparing buying a one-size outfit for all customers to a one-size-fits-all scripted curriculum
for all students, this case examines how an experienced teacher and a new principal struggle
with risks associated with providing creative, individualized instruction. The key issues are
how a community can address the new demands toward standardization and how to keep
teachers with excellent track records in low-performing schools in urban districts so that all
students can achieve.
Discussion Questions
- What changes to NCLB would address the dilemma Eliza and John face?
- What are the messages and assumptions about learning that NCLB sends the education community, the policymakers, and the taxpayers?
- What are ways the community can be energized to address the tensions the school board, the school administration, and the teachers face?
- How can well-prepared, experienced teachers be recruited to low-performing schools in urban districts?
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Susan Gold
TNLI
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San Francisco
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