John Merrow Quotes

• Anyone who fears, as I do, that today's public schools are dangerously close to being irrelevant must read this book. The authors provide a road map-and a lifeline-showing how schools can prosper under the most difficult conditions. It is a welcome departure from all the school bashing.

  John Merrow

  Book, School, Departure

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• You have to remember, we may be the only nation, the only one I know of, that uses test scores not to assess kids, but to assess teachers. I think we're unique in doing that.

  John Merrow

  Teacher, Kids, Unique

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• There's a lot of feeling that the school curriculum has been bare-bones, just drill and, again, no art, music, and so on and so forth.

  John Merrow

  Art, School, Feelings

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Twelve million students take the PARCC or Smarter Balanced. Now, if 5 percent opt out, that creates - that triggers some restrictions, and 5 percent of 12 million is only 600,000.

  John Merrow

  Twelve, Students, Restriction

  Source: www.pbs.org

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