Comments on: Where Did You Come From? http://www.edwize.org/where-did-you-come-from Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Persam1197 http://www.edwize.org/where-did-you-come-from/comment-page-1#comment-66257 Persam1197 Sun, 21 Dec 2008 11:11:33 +0000 http://edwize.org/?p=2894#comment-66257 I used to love the connections made in this manner. This was pretty much abandoned in the schools that I served because of NYS Regents scores, especially Global History and U.S. Hisoty in which social studies teachers are compelled to compress so much material in a short time span. I recall a unit in which we (English) were trying to coordinate with Global History teachers as they were doing extended projects on Rwanda. We were studying "Things Fall Apart" and the powers-that-be from the Region asked about how long the unit was going to take. They made it clear that the time line for the Regents doesn't encourage extended study and our Global scores were not so hot. With that, we ended that kind of coordination. It would be interesting to hear how your school's administrators allow for the flexibility of curriculum with test scores hanging over their necks. I used to love the connections made in this manner. This was pretty much abandoned in the schools that I served because of NYS Regents scores, especially Global History and U.S. Hisoty in which social studies teachers are compelled to compress so much material in a short time span.

I recall a unit in which we (English) were trying to coordinate with Global History teachers as they were doing extended projects on Rwanda. We were studying “Things Fall Apart” and the powers-that-be from the Region asked about how long the unit was going to take. They made it clear that the time line for the Regents doesn’t encourage extended study and our Global scores were not so hot. With that, we ended that kind of coordination. It would be interesting to hear how your school’s administrators allow for the flexibility of curriculum with test scores hanging over their necks.

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