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Jon Halsey comments on the state of Adair Co. education I am all for progress, as long as that progress leads to better outcomes. Two cliches keep rolling around in my head: "How do we know where we're going if we don't know where we came from" and Edmund Burke's famous "Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it." Our successes as well as our mistakes as well as those of our civilization should be our guidebook to where we are headed for the future. I fervently hope that we do not become a society of technocrats who have no concept that as a member of a much larger society we have a role and a duty to each other. - JON HALSEY Click on headline for complete commentary By Jon Halsey All of the "Career Readiness" goals are laudable and necessary. The committment to College Prep courses is also welcome and hopefully will not get lost in the "shuffle." Same kind of effort need to make students knowledgeable civics, government It would be great to see the same kind of effort toward preparing our students to become knowledgeable and upstanding citizens which to my understanding was one of the primary reasons for schools in the first instance. It seems that throughout the U.S. there is a tendency to eliimanate American History and Government classes in favor of Mandarin Chinese or whatever. No argument with learning coding - but may with age appropriateness I have no argument with children learning coding (but I do question the age appropriateness) but I cannot overcome the realization that children educated in the 30's, 40's and 50's put a man on the moon, eradicated many horrendous diseases, split the atom, ended segregation and still knew where they and their Country came from and had a deep and abiding love for it. Warns against tendency to jump on "new and wonderful" trends The tendency for Educators to jump on each "new and wonderful" trend gave us the now discredited "New Math" and "Sight Reading" and produced an entire generation that cannot mentally make change for a dollar or read and comprehend basic expository writing. All for progress, if it leads to better outcomes I am all for progress, as long as that progress leads to better outcomes. Two cliches keep rolling around in my head: "How do we know where we're going if we don't know where we came from" and Edmund Burke's famous "Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it." Our successes as well as our mistakes as well as those of our civilization should be our guidebook to where we are headed for the future. I fervently hope that we do not become a society of technocrats who have no concept that as a member of a much larger society we have a role and a duty to each other. - Jon Halsey, Knifley, KY Comments re article 79861 New Years State of Public Education AC School District Click on headline for entire commentary This story was posted on 2016-01-01 12:20:54
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