tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post9209412437140741324..comments2024-03-27T21:25:22.349-04:00Comments on Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: 4 Ways to Provoke Change In Our Education SystemLisa Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07759123507185453030noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-42741679726244576182013-05-23T13:27:31.260-04:002013-05-23T13:27:31.260-04:00Couldn't agree more. Education is such a polit...Couldn't agree more. Education is such a political football here in the UK. Successive Ministers slash and burn everything the previous cabinet introduced so children are constantly in the cross-fire of political policy. How our (policy fatigued) educators have the will to go in every day is beyond me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341210263986029507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-40062290823033424862013-05-23T10:31:08.185-04:002013-05-23T10:31:08.185-04:00When I spoke out against the overuse of standardiz...When I spoke out against the overuse of standardized testing recently, a Common Core advocate told me we couldn't expect to change the educational system overnight. I told her that might be true on a large scale, but that I was doing it everyday! I may not change the system in place, but I am changing the lives of the kids at eLemenT! I only hope more world changers find ways to give kids options in programs like ours (www.elementeducation.org) and more parents see the need and dare to let their kids find a true education.Lisa Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17322179451848079194noreply@blogger.com