{"id":433,"date":"2020-04-11T12:28:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T16:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silverliningforlearning.org\/?p=433"},"modified":"2021-02-21T01:11:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T06:11:52","slug":"the-value-of-school-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverliningforlearning.org\/the-value-of-school-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post | The value of school: Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\r\n
Note: <\/strong>This is the first of two posts on the value of school by Punya Mishra<\/a> & Kevin Close<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n What value do schools bring? <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n The accepted assumption is that schools are sites for learning and the role of educators to equip students with the knowledge and skills they need to be successful in the future. One argument is:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n This is also reflected in the manner in which we evaluate schools and teachers. We give the students tests to figure out how much they have learned, against some externally developed criteria of how much they should know by what age. And we hold students and schools accountable for this through a variety of accumulated test results.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n But, what if this entire assumption (that schools are sites for learning) is wrong (or incomplete).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n If there is a silver lining to the current COVID19 crisis it is that it has forced us to look at school differently. With over 97% of the world\u2019s learners out of school, it has given us an opportunity to revisit the whole idea of what the value of school is in our social, cultural and economic lives. We list a few of these ideas below.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe fundamental outcome desired for education is that it will pass on to each child the information and skills they will use throughout their lifetime. At its core, every school is a place where children learn what adults in the community already know, a place for the transmission of knowledge Mitra (2011): The social and economic benefits of public education<\/em><\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n