After reading Kohn and Dewey, thoughts of what can be provided to the students came up. The student's needs and wants come before the teacher and that links to providing them with an education. In regards to grading and placing focus on the letter grade obtained rather than the content learned is a mistake. Unfortunately, grades dominate education and dominate most students. Kohn made strong points backed by research against emphasizing on grades. Maybe students should be giving grades to the teacher in hopes of giving a teacher feedback in how to best approach them.
The links that Dewey pointed out between society's best interest in education was ideal, but currently fails. Society, rather government, puts more interest into business, the penal system and defense. If children were given a top notch education from K-12, where all children learn, then society would be better off, if taken that an educated person is more willing to participate in society as a whole.
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