Montessori grappling with feds

This article sounds a lot more sinister than the article actually is. this is not an article about Maria Montessori wrestling with FBI agents.

The Article is about how one of the public Montessori programs in Memphis is finding it difficult to make Montessori theory mesh with No Child Left Behind.

It is remarkably fair in its treatment of Montessori. Looking at the authors name she seems Indian which would lead me to believe that she has had a lot of exposure to the method.

What I think this shows is the Republicans contempt for public education. The only way to improve our school system is through innovation. By setting national standards and forcing teachers to teach to a test NCLB effectively discourages trying out new methods.

What is the overall effect? The Republicans hope that eventually the schools will get so bad they can do away with them all together and privatize the whole thing. Thus creating a industry bent on producing learning for profit.

It is classic conservative thought. "We had to burn the village to save it."


commercialappeal.com - Memphis, TN: Local