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I want to change bullying. I want to help en it because I've been ther and I made it through. I want to show others that they can too.

The school system lest test more interactive things

Homework expectations and hours for kindergarten

Less homework! NO more teaching to the test!

Change the biased and generic standards in education and attempt to cultivate individual expression in the classrooms.

Our childrens education, starting from preschool

Time to stop the pressure cooker known as our education system!

School start times

Homework

Less homework

The amount of bullying, depression, suicide, and the amount of people who don't care.

The voices of our students need to be heard. All of us- parents and educators- need to listen to our children and provide healthy, balanced, engaging opportunities for learning.

I saw the future marching by on little children,s feet, and in their forms and faces read our prophecy complete. I saw the future smile at me from little children's eyes, and thought how very careful

Stop senseless and meaningless testing!

NO testing. Take the money spent on testing and test prep and update all the schools with the proper technology needed to be successful in the new century. I still use a chalkboard and chalk in my c

Child-centered, developmentally appropriate education, responsive to and reflective of local communities, free from national "standards".

I want my kids to grow up happy, not perfect!

demands on kids - homework load, lack of sleep

I want to make learner-centered education available to everyone!

I think our school is good, but there's way too much homework. My son is very bright and is doing very well. But it is with a lot of pushing from me. He is stressed out by the quantity of work, and

The world . . . but realizing that may take time, in the interim shift the thinking away from testing as the only way to measure a child's ability. And advocate for schools that teach the whole child

The root/core issues that are prevalent in all the current day systems that are sick and abusive.

blogging writing book on best developmental practices speaking out guest speaker at college course

Change is important so that our schools will promote long-term dispositions to be curious, creative, motivated, and interested in learning.

I am purchasing the DVD of Race To Nowhere to become a part of our parent participation education. It will also be viewed by staff in conjunction with short term and longterm planning and vision. As

Started a Waldorf-inspired Charter School

www.pery.novafolios.com I want to see so much change. I want to see respect for young people. I want to see lateral wisdom recognized and celebrated. I want to see communities of respect, appreciation

I opened a child-led learner-centered school in Staunton, VA where there is no standardized or compulsive testing.

I want to see arts, music and recess return to schools. I want to teachers engaging their kids in all grades to actively learn. I want to see their intellectual curiosity developed into a lifelong lov

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I want to change the fact that we are not applying what we know to be the truth about how children learn and what they need at different developmental stages. I am spreading the word about this docum

to allow more flexibility and student initiative and creativity abolish standardized curriculum use portfolio accountability rather than standardized tests

I do not learning for the test and there is way too much homework. I'd like the teachers to teach with passion and impart that love of learning to the kids. I want the kids to learn how to think, not

Provide more language, art, music and science for our kids as part of the everday curriculum. Eliminate the non-essential testing. Provide a safe environment for all students! I am a very involved pa

Relentless, busy work homework

Using too much testing as a way to "improve" education. I want to see more research based methods, not kneejerk bureaucracy.

Since 2004 our Coalition for Better Education, Inc. has worked to raise public awareness of the harms of high stakes standardized testing. We provide support for parents who want to exercise their ri

i would like to change the role of teachers from the knowledge "pourer" into the knowledge facilitator. i would like children to learn how to learn instead of how to memorize. i am currently the cha

Work for work's sake. Make homework useful and helpful. Make colleges aware of the problem and how they are contributing to it.

Primarily, I'd like to change the amount of homework so that our kids have time to be children and enjoy their childhood. (And that means all the way through high school, too.) . I'd like to change


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