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comprehension from
fourth- and eighth-graders
for the first time since 1990.
If you want to know
how effective schools are,
ask a teenager, Bogert
says.
Why do smart kids who
enjoy reading and learning
find school boring? We
dont need to make people
learn, we need to free them
to learn.
Bogert, author of
Learning Chaos:
How Disorder Can Save
Education, (www.
learningchaos.net), and
president of AZA Learning, which encourages an
open-learning process for
all participants, says our
educational system is outdated.
He proposes new
methods parents can use to
resurrect a love of learning from their kids.
X Ban rote learning.
When preparing to teach
within a traditional framework, we arent stimulating a childs curiosity.
Rather, were serving the
framework of control.
This sort of top-down,
listen-without-interrupting
teaching is limiting and
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he said a pediatrician,
I have no doubt that he
will, McVay said.
While El Reno school
leaders are hopeful of
landing the AT&T
Aspire grant, they said
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