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Constructive Teaching Through the Deconstruction of Standards

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Constructive Teaching through Deconstructing the Standards

Educators have cultural and political missions to ensure there is an
educated citizenry to continue to defend and promote America’s democratic
ideals. . . . the inescapable reality is that ours is a society based on
individual economic autonomy. Those who are not equipped with the
knowledge and skills necessary to get, and keep, good jobs are denied full
social inclusion and tend to drop out of the mainstream culture, polity, and
economy. Hence, if the standards reform movement cannot fulfill its
economic mission to help youth and adults become successful workers, it
also will fail in its cultural and political missions to create
good neighbors and good citizens.
- Carnevale & Desrochers, 2004