The New Dorp HS turnaround that was largely based on focusing on the students' writing skills- why is this revolutionary? It's what we SHOULD be doing, if only we weren't busy training students to fill in bubbles on answer sheets for multiple-choice questions that measure exactly SQUAT about their written expression. Imagine, a school where every kid has to write, properly, clearly, grammatically, for every teacher. No exceptions, no excuses, no more "but why is the math teacher critiquing my baby's writing?" Imagine, a school where the expectations are universal and inexcapable. Where the students are accountable for learning, and teacher accountable for helping them do so.
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/10/the-writing-revolution/309090/?single_page=true
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