| Peter Greene steps into a debate about whether schools are "working." Research, he says, depends on the questions you consider important. In the past, communities decided what they wanted their schools to do."Because what works and what doesn't work is not a matter of good research at all. Or rather, the research doesn't matter. Only one thing matters-- the definition of "works." "Does this raggedy philips head screwdriver work? That depends on whether I want to use it to unscrew screws or punch holes in a soup can. Does telling my wife she's fat work? That depends on whether I want to make her happy or angry. "If I get to define what "working" looks like, all the measuring, testing, researching, test tubial navalgazing introexamination that follows is secondary. Part of what gets folks' backs up about the Reformsters is that they start with, "You do not understand how a school is suppos |
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