Toxic culture of education: Joshua Katz at TEDxUniversityofAkron
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Published 2014-05-02
Joshua's Talk:
In the mid 1800's, Horace Mann captured the potential impact of education on society. We have yet to realize the potential he saw, and in fact, we are missing the mark by a wider and wider margin. We have created a "Toxic Culture of Education" in our country that is damaging students, impacting our economy, and threatening our future. Since the passage of No Child Left Behind, we have embraced a culture of high stakes testing and are perpetuating a false sense of failure in our schools. We have ignored research and data on effective policy making practices in order to serve the interest of private industries that have monetized our students. The impact is being felt in communities, on college campuses, and in our economy. The solution lies in a common sense approach to student development, curriculum choice, career exploration, and relevant data analysis. This talk will present a vision of an education system that allows us to embrace our full potential if we only had the courage to ask "Why Not"?
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All Comments (21)
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I just find it so mind-blowing that if you're bad at science or math, people say you're not trying hard enough, but if you're bad at things like art, they'll just say, "Don't worry, it's just not your thing."
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I don’t know how many times I’ve heard a teacher say, “We have to learn this because it’s on the test but you won’t need it for anything else.”
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I used to love learning, but tests and assignments have taken away that desire to learn.
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this came out almost six years ago. Everything he said applies to schools half a decade later...
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"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all" -Aristole
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He's not speaking with anger, he's speaking with passion!
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It makes me angry that this video is 5 years old and NOTHING has changed
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Me: I've been drawing all my life and I truly aspire to become an artist School: do you know how to do this overly complicated algebra equation? Me: no?... School: guess you can't be an artist then
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My fourth grade teacher told my parents I had a learning disability. I got my PhD in biochemistry 4 years ago :)
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We’ve stopped educating for life, and started teaching for tests.
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You know you're done with school when you ask yourself questions like "How is this helping me with what I want to become"
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He also forgot this: If you're one of the best and brightest, school slows you down and tells you that you're moving too quickly
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Finland has no standardized testing and their students score the highest in the world consistently. Very well stated
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“Don’t let schooling get in the way of your education” -Einstein
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School: You need to get at least 10 hours of sleep each day. Also School: Okay here is another 40 bajillion hours of homework that you need to finish tomorrow.
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I was always told that I was smart, yet my grades don't show that. They're riddled with C's, D's, and F's. Yet for some reason I can out think many people and come up with solutions faster, get around obstacles, and even get a win for a group project if I know what I'm doing. I contain random information in my head that at first glance seems irrelevant but then turns out to help in some situation... and yet, I'm pretty sure I'm gonna be a college dropout by the end of the year. And I've always been told that if I drop out, I'm not going to do anything worthwhile. And I can actually afford a textbook. Seeing kids who are worlds smarter than me get treated like they're not worth help makes me realize that the "No Child Left Behind" was just a marketing strategy.
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This guy should be the U.S. government's Secretary of Education...
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It's 2019. This should really spread to more people, because this is important to shaping the future. Besides, if a few kids hate school, it's normal. But if 95% of students hate school, that should be a pretty clear sign that something is not right.
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What we need to actually learn: How to pay taxes, Applying for college, Surviving in the wild, Surviving in society Schools: Calcite reacts to Hydrochloric Acid
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Man, you can see how heartbroken and frustrated he is about the situation...
