Erin+Klein

Random thoughts....written on iPad with no keyboard...formatting to come later.

Teaching elem kids to be college ready...

Perhaps the language seems bad; however, when taken in context, the idea is actually good. I'm not referring to having six year olds do thesis statements but rather coaching young children to work collaboratively, think independently, and reach a higher level of cognitive thinking when applying newly learned concepts.

My first question would be to have 'college ready' be more clearly defined. Actually, I would start with looking deeper into the university structure and examining how that applies to being career ready. Packing a class full of 200+ students, teaching from a textbook, and testing with bubble sheets doesn't seem to parallel the social economy we currently live within.