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Peanut-Butter Politics

机译:花生酱政治

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"Education is thedullest of subjects," Jacques Barzun wrote in the very first sentence of his astonishingly fresh 1945 classic, Teacher in America. Barzun despised the idea of"professional educators" who focus on "methods" instead of subject matter. He loved teachers, but knew they "are born, not made," and that most teachers' colleges teach the wrong stuff.Cut to 2009, when Barack Obama thinks education is the most exciting of subjects. Even so, Obama and his education secretary, Arne Duncan, get Barzun. They understand that the key to fixing education is better teaching, and the key to better teaching is figuring out who can teach and who can't.Just as Obama has leverage over the auto industry to impose tough fuel-economy standards, he now has at least some leverage over the education industry to impose teacher-effectiveness standards. The question is whether he will be able to use it, or will he get swallowed by what's known as the Blob, the collection of edu-crats and politicians who claim to support reform but remain fiercely committed to the status quo.
机译:雅克·巴赞(Jacques Barzun)在他1945年惊人的崭新经典著作《美国教师》的第一句话中写道:“教育是最枯燥的科目。”巴尔尊(Barzun)鄙视“专业教育家”的思想,他们只关注“方法”而不是主题。他爱老师,但知道他们是“天生的,不是天生的”,而且大多数老师的学院教的东西都不对。到2009年,巴拉克·奥巴马(Barack Obama)认为教育是最令人兴奋的学科。即便如此,奥巴马和他的教育部长阿恩·邓肯(Arne Duncan)获得了巴尔赞(Barzun)。他们了解固定教育的关键是更好的教学,而更好的教学的关键是弄清楚谁可以教书,谁不能教书。就像奥巴马对汽车行业施加了严格的燃油经济标准一样,他现在拥有至少在教育行业上有一定的杠杆作用,以制定教师效能标准。问题是他是否将能够使用它,还是会被所谓的Blob吞噬,Blob是声称支持改革但仍然坚定地致力于维持现状的教育主义者和政客的集合。

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    《Newsweek》 |2009年第24期|22-22|共1页
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    JONATHAN ALTER;

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