Stop Politically Driven Education

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Cap Lee does more than challenge teachers to "get some guts." He devises a "secret curriculum" and a "clandestine system" for beating back "Agenda Driven Politicians" and empowering the "Agenda of Children". -- John Thompson, historian, retired teacher Who has the guts to stand up? Who has the map to navigate bureaucracy and politics of the day? Who had the fortitude to withstand the misconceptions in and about public-school education? Who had the insight to construct- to reconfigure a failed system one school at a time? A cadre of educators led by Eldon "Cap" Lee. This book, based on the Milwaukee Village School, is at it's core of understanding that students learn best by doing. Students demonstrate learning in a portfolio that is developed over time and with them. -- LaShawn Roscoe Scott, teacher, Park Forest IL, Former teacher Milwaukee Village School Eldon "Cap" Lee has addressed educational reform as a process that requires all of us to understand that parents, students, teachers, communities are the change makers. Teaching critical thinking produces learners who will creatively solve problems. Allowing students to challenge themselves and question everything is the most natural learning experience when not stagnated by old methodologies. -- Catherine Spivey, MEd, former teacher, Milwaukee Village School After reading this work, I have been applying it in my pedagogical labor here, in Barranquilla, Colombia. I have observed that the results are excellent. The children don't have to be qualified with quantitative methods of the traditionalist education, because some children are slow, others fast and others are rebels. I believe that this book is based on the understanding of the human being and constitutes a didactic means that renovates pedagogical thinking. -- Seno Luz Estela Narvaez, CEO PROSEFAM Foundation and School, Barranquilla Colombia Music is a way to experience and express life in all its many facets. As a songwriter and musician, I feel privileged and gratified to be able to bring joy into people's lives with my work. I can make them laugh, I can make them cry and sometimes, I can make them think. This book integrates the Arts, essential to learning. -- Cal Adams, musician and songwriter, Pompano Beach, Florida This book evokes a feeling of HOPE, the kind that exhausted teachers need when they feel their efforts are sending them downstream. -- Ranjit Singh, teacher, Wisconsin Technical High School