http://www.pioneerinstitute.org/blog/education/kansas-keep-your-race-to-yourself/ Public Policy Research Tue, 08 May 2012 20:17:19 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.pioneerinstitute.org/blog/education/kansas-keep-your-race-to-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-4640 Betty Peters Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:27:28 +0000 http://www.pioneerinstitute.org/blog/?p=2167#comment-4640 I am an elected state school board member in Alabama, and I believe this whole concept of nationalizing education (common or national standards, national assessments, national teacher education standards) is not only unconstitutional, it's unwise. I applaud the Kansas state school board's vote and hope our state school board will do the same. I believe playing by rules that have been "gamed" will lead to the poor results we saw from "outcome based education" (OBE) in the 1990's. I don't have to look further than the nearby state of Kentucky to remember why OBE was a bad idea, a David Hornbeck crafted reform measure Alabama schools narrowly escaped. Everything I am reading about this new national education plan reminds me of OBE. Betty Peters I am an elected state school board member in Alabama, and I believe this whole concept of nationalizing education (common or national standards, national assessments, national teacher education standards) is not only unconstitutional, it’s unwise. I applaud the Kansas state school board’s vote and hope our state school board will do the same. I believe playing by rules that have been “gamed” will lead to the poor results we saw from “outcome based education” (OBE) in the 1990’s. I don’t have to look further than the nearby state of Kentucky to remember why OBE was a bad idea, a David Hornbeck crafted reform measure Alabama schools narrowly escaped. Everything I am reading about this new national education plan reminds me of OBE.
Betty Peters

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