Category Archives: students

Education Reform Wears Blinders – Part 1

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Bonnie Schupp

Dr. Bonnie J. Schupp, retired educator, taught in Baltimore City, Annapolis and Pasadena, Maryland. Youth Dreamers display at Artscape © Bonnie J. Schupp 2014 Trends come and go Sadly, our culture has become one with short-attention spans spurred on by … Continue reading →

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Education Reform Wears Blinders – Part 2

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Bonnie Schupp

A look at the American education system and the testing issue: The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice are Undermining Education, by Diane Ravitch, 2011 by Basic Books, New York. There is an … Continue reading →

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Teaching in the 60’s and 70’s

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Bonnie Schupp

What do You Want to be When You Grow Up? “I’m going to be a doctor when I grow up—a brain surgeon,” I announced when I was around age 10 or 11. I always read my grandmother’s (Mom-Mom’s) Readers Digest … Continue reading →

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Lose-Lose-Lose

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Bonnie Schupp

Should Maryland suspend statewide testing of students until new tests are ready that will better match what is being taught under the new Common Core State Standards? I say YES. Statewide testing should be suspended for at least a year. … Continue reading →

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>Creativity and Education

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Bonnie Schupp

> Last week I attended a seminar at AVAM on Arts, Creativity & Outrageous Education Ideas. It confirmed that much of what I did before retiring as a teacher was effective—when I was given time to teach creatively and include … Continue reading →

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