The Failures of Our Educational System: A couple of recent essays

I have for you now a couple of very hard-hitting essays I came across this week. I say this because they come down heavily upon our current educational system and it's failures. They are both well written and thought provoking and so I pass them on...

The Death of Creativity: The By-Product of a Standardized Education (Part 1) 

Posted by Dori Staehle on March 20, 2012 in Creativity, Education reform, Gifted students, Giftedness, Homeschooling, Learning differences,
http://www.nseducationalconsulting.com/2012/03/20/the-death-of-education-the-by-product-of-a-standardized-education-part-1/

Published on Friday, March 23, 2012 by Rethinking Schools

'A Test You Need to Fail': A Teacher's Open Letter to Her 8th Grade Students

by Ruth Ann Dandrea

https://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/03/23-8