Perspective
Jan. 14, 2010
Racing to the Top With An Edge
Laurie Juengert of Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost discusses legislation to increase school accountability and efforts to provide federal funding for education reform.
By Laurie Juengert
In 1970, on the heels of a massive alternative education movement based in part on the Summerhill School located in England, my parents and I participated in the formation of a "free school" in New Jersey. Many of us were convinced that public schools were teaching students to "pass tests and follow disciplinary rules" rather than to think analytically and creatively. Were we learning to memorize "facts" rather than learning how to think? ...
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