Richard Dreyfuss: The Original Ordinary Gent?
We here at the LOG like to think we hold a fairly wide range of opinions on most issues. But it seems to me like Richard Drefuss’ current project is something that fits this site’s mission pretty darned well. Of course, the problem is where an enhanced civics curriculum would fit in a world of standardized tests and benchmarks. That, to me, is the great problem with standardization and our education system – the centralized overemphasis on certain standards that crowds out topics that are not so easily subject to standardized grading.
Huh. Seems like a worth enterprise. Good on him!Report
I respect he hell out of what he’s trying to do. Sandra Day O’Connor has been doing something similar with a website. Again, when I hear about this it makes me that much more keen for a national curriculum, especially in civics. As a history major I am very depressed by how little real civics instruction my kids get at school. I am forced to do a lot of the supplimental at home, which I love doing, but I know other kids don’t get that.
Civics is what makes us good citizens. It is, in a very real sense, the most practical subject to prepare us for adulthood.Report