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==General== | |||
*Currently deployed in a limited number of classrooms on a pilot basis | *Currently deployed in a limited number of classrooms on a pilot basis | ||
*Includes curricula and strict guidelines limiting use of high-tech tools in the classroom for children under the age of eight | *Includes curricula and strict guidelines limiting use of high-tech tools in the classroom for children under the age of eight | ||
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*[[Teachers' Association of Perplex City]] issued a statement calling the guidelines "ridiculously strict," and suggesting that any gains in performance over more traditional methods of teaching are fleeting | *[[Teachers' Association of Perplex City]] issued a statement calling the guidelines "ridiculously strict," and suggesting that any gains in performance over more traditional methods of teaching are fleeting | ||
==References== | |||
*Perplex City Sentinel | *Perplex City Sentinel | ||
**article, "Board of Education Assesses Reforms" | **article, "Board of Education Assesses Reforms" {{WaybackS1|www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2005/04/board_of_educat.html}} | ||
Latest revision as of 20:41, 14 May 2007
General
- Currently deployed in a limited number of classrooms on a pilot basis
- Includes curricula and strict guidelines limiting use of high-tech tools in the classroom for children under the age of eight
- Opponents say the program is unrealistic in a technological world
- Advocates suggest that children who learn to read, write, and think critically in their early years without the aid of computing devices perform better on a broad range of metrics
- Board of Education plans to deploy the program in another 200 classrooms this fall
- Parents' group Education Counts "bitterly divided over this issue"
- Teachers' Association of Perplex City issued a statement calling the guidelines "ridiculously strict," and suggesting that any gains in performance over more traditional methods of teaching are fleeting
References
- Perplex City Sentinel
- article, "Board of Education Assesses Reforms" link
