http://learningischange.com/2009/01/18/can-you-graph-a-good-school/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:39:26 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://learningischange.com/2009/01/18/can-you-graph-a-good-school/comment-page-1/#comment-786 Graham Wegner Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:51:24 +0000 http://learningischange.com/?p=416#comment-786 Ben, there is definitely no problem with trying to get your child into a school that you believe will benefit their education. My post was just trying to talk about the murky thinking of many parents and how curriculum, teaching methodologies and assessment are not even considerations for these sometime expensive and disruptive decisions. And many parents who make these moves based on "I hear it's a good school" will also jump at simplistic "league table" calculations based on periodic bubble test results - rather than actually visit the school, look in the actual classrooms and ask probing questions about school programs, teaching methods and future directions. I totally agree about working with your child's school as well. I've been a member of our school's <a href="http://www.decs.sa.gov.au/governance/pages/Local/Role/?reFlag=1" rel="nofollow">Governing Council</a> since our eldest started five years ago and believe that I have had a positive influence in a number of areas including a renewed focus on effective educational technology. Ben, there is definitely no problem with trying to get your child into a school that you believe will benefit their education. My post was just trying to talk about the murky thinking of many parents and how curriculum, teaching methodologies and assessment are not even considerations for these sometime expensive and disruptive decisions. And many parents who make these moves based on “I hear it’s a good school” will also jump at simplistic “league table” calculations based on periodic bubble test results – rather than actually visit the school, look in the actual classrooms and ask probing questions about school programs, teaching methods and future directions. I totally agree about working with your child’s school as well. I’ve been a member of our school’s Governing Council since our eldest started five years ago and believe that I have had a positive influence in a number of areas including a renewed focus on effective educational technology.

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