Showing posts with label Yong Zhao. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yong Zhao. Show all posts

Thursday, April 30, 2015

Yong Zhao at NPE: Must See Video

If you are going to view or pass along just one hour's worth of viewing to explain why the reformster testing mania is unsupportable, the panic over failing schools is manufactured, and the entire justification for stripping schools (particularly those with poor, non-white students) is bogus, this is the video for you.

We all have some Kardasshian. Out-of-basement readiness. Why Zhao didn't buy shampoo. Why America is still here. Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer. And why we need to stop trying to imitate China.

I especially recommend this to show your friends who are not fully immersed in the ongoing debate about US public schools. Highly accessible, very funny, clear and still full of facts-- this is well worth the 55 minutes you will need to watch it.


Yong Zhao (final) from Schoolhouse Live on Vimeo.

(Note: Updated to include the final cut of the speech, complete with slides)