What is the answer to these shortcomings in the standardized school system? Montessori schools? Is there an answer or a set of actions that would reverse the absence of these subjects in the "null curriculum" section? It all falls back to the teacher and their delivery and framing of subject matter. Teachers do have the power to change the way they present material and allow students to solve problems (inquiry approach).

p.104 Schools hold "legal nights" for parents but don't incorporate law into curriculum for students. Students don't know how to deal with real-world situations regarding law or economics.

p. 103 Importance of imagination and fostering both hemispheres of the brain. Teaching children "not to dance" is what teachers are subject to when they have to conform and perform on standardized tests. How does one balance this pressure with the overall well-being and philosophy behind this chapter?

p.98 Makes me think of specials schedule in schools, Students only receive art, gym, dance and music once a week.

p. 97 Very bleak view of schools, this is true of many secondary classrooms. "Flexible seating" is rare and only found in elementary schools. Schools prepare students to work in cubicles, they adapt to the system and provide workers who can thrive within this system.

p. 93 The structure of the school day itself says a lot about values and what we're telling kids is important. "form follows function."

p. 91 Competition also in the form of public data trackers, especially prevalent in charter schools of DPS. How do differentiated guided reading groups fit into this view? Is that considered inequitable?

"a group a children... led to expect that they will receive a reward"(90). Providing students with rewards doesn't teach them to behave or perform in a certain way in order to be respectful, it rewards " good" behavior with external prizes.

"compliant behavior" Students are forced to comply to a series of norms imposed by teachers and administrators, and often do not have the ability to make autonomous decisions/take initiative.

Amount of time children are in school, affects their cultural identity and amount that they absorb from their surroundings.

Precursor to standardized testing, SAT

Normalized part of American society today, I was not aware of this systemic shift

Reminds me of charter schools I've visited in Denver. Strict disciplinary practices across the whole school

Are our schools still set up in this industrial way? Why was this shift so distinct in educational history?

One-size fits all- being successful in school leads to college and a good job

Echoes/critiques sentiment from Nation at Risk