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===General=== | ===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 | *[[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 | *[[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=== | ===References=== | ||
*Perplex City Sentinel | *Perplex City Sentinel | ||
**article, "Board of Education Assesses Reforms" ([http://wiki.incognitus.net/mirror/ppc/www.perplexcitysentinel.com/02.05.05/archives/2005/04/board_of_educat.html link]) | **article, "Board of Education Assesses Reforms" ([http://wiki.incognitus.net/mirror/ppc/www.perplexcitysentinel.com/02.05.05/archives/2005/04/board_of_educat.html link]) | ||
Revision as of 06:04, 11 September 2005
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)
