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Engagement vs Standards
Isolation is taking its toll on kids, parents, and teachers. Offering a standardized approach to their current education will not produce desired results. Engagement wins. Engagement should be paramount. This is not the time to stick to boring. This is not the time to adhere to unbending standards. Kudos to all parents and all teachers…
Testing…resources…from an Orsch perspective
When Orsch first began, it had very little. It had big ideas, but little resources. It was forced to create an environment built of essentials, and nothing more. Its ideas carried it because funding could not. In those beginning days, I was often asked about standardized tests. Orsch couldn’t provide them because there were no…
April 10, 2014 Meeting (Shaping the future of Orsch)
The following is a transcript from our April 10 meeting. Following the meeting we had an excellent Q and A session and looked at potential buildings. The future is bright 🙂 View a video of the meeting here: Video: Shaping the future of Orsch Jackie: Thank you for coming today 🙂 I will actually be…
Test Validity and Test Reliability
In addition to concerns about killing engagement, we must begin to consider more diligently the validity and reliability of standardized tests in an educational environment. For decades, the emphasis placed on test scores has captured our nation’s attention. Reform efforts have a common end goal: test scores and data. Very important, life-changing decisions are based on the data…
Thank you Debby Hoffman!
Why Choose Orsch?
Conversation
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DUH!
Education currently exists in a test-driven climate. The objective of this test-driven climate is to promote higher student achievement – a noble objective. Unfortunately the outcome of such a climate is a rampant lack of engagement in students. It really is that simple. In an online periodical I receive daily the following article was published.…
Horses and Carts
For decades we have been trying to push a cart with the nose of a horse. The Horse The horse is strength, freedom, individuality, and desire to run unfettered – to take an idea and explore it to its logical end, to self-direct, to be free to empower your own discovery and as such…
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The mission of the book, Orsch…Cutting the Edge in Education, is to share what we have learned about kids and education in a progressive and innovative environment. We hope our findings and our thoughts will begin a national conversation about solutions. We must have solutions in place if we want this effort to work! Sincerely, Jackie