Susan Ohanian: Our US Department of Education, Yours and Mine
Susan Ohanian is a longtime blogger about all things education. Here she offers a short quiz, to help you decide whether or not you have a future with the Department of Education.
Here is the mission of the U. S. Department of Education (from their website):
Our mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.
How many teachers go into the classroom each day with the goal of getting their students ready to be global competitive?
Instant Aptitude Test
Take this quick quiz to find out if you are prepared to work in a classroom, in the office of the U. S. Secretary of Education, or at the Business Roundtable in cooperation with the Aspen Institute.
- Lesson plans
a) are subject to instant change.
b) are a necessary guide to global competitiveness.
c) are a necessary guide to global competitiveness.
2. A parking place
a) should be ensured by contract, grievance procedures, and arbitration.
b) cannot be assigned without first completing a critical impact study of the neighborhood, its constituents, and its corporate overlay.
c) is evidence of federal overfunding of schools. Let them walk.
3. Phones
a) are necessary to contact parents and the American Civil Liberties Union.
b) are necessary for sending status memos to the media.
b. are necessary to contact Dial-a-Joke, Dial-a-Prayer, Off-track Betting
4. Pencils
a) are an endangered species.
b) must be ordered every April.
c) must not be purchased with federal funds, it being the provenance and privilege of every parent to exercise his/her/their inalienable privilege to provide her/his/their children with the writing implement of her/his/their choice.
5. Hallways
a) are where kids figure out how important things work.
b) are dens of iniquity that could be tamed if teachers would exercise their professional duty and patrol them.
c) should be returned to the hallowed state in which our forefathers founded them.
There are five more questions to answer. You can find the full quiz here.