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John Dewey on comparing students — Blast from the Past/Quote of the Day | AMPS

John Dewey on comparing students — Blast from the Past/Quote of the Day | AMPS:


John Dewey on comparing students — Blast from the Past/Quote of the Day


How one person’s abilities compare in quantity with those of another is none of the teacher’s business. It is irrelevant to his work. What is required is that every individual shall have opportunities to employ his own powers in activities that have meaning.
John Dewey
The current “accountability” madness is almost all based comparisons among students, among teachers, among