tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32800006.post2976328040919151015..comments2023-05-15T02:14:27.684-06:00Comments on Diogenes' six: Unscientific polls are inadequate to the need.ched macquigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06433039009492338854noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32800006.post-75422500440883761722009-12-28T18:54:15.722-07:002009-12-28T18:54:15.722-07:00I have wondered for years why educators (teacher a...I have wondered for years why educators (teacher and admin) don't use research-based improvements in the Public School.<br />Universities around the world have all this great research and development in education's improvement.... but you will never see it being used outside of the graduate classroom.<br />Why? Public school admin doesn't want to be held accountable. Therefore, they are always "trying something new" so there is no history of success or failure. <br />If there is a history of success for an educational approach, and they don't meet success like others, then they will be held accountable.<br />If there is a history of failure, sometimes they do it anyway because their egos get involved trying to best someone else's achievements/failures.<br />In the end, no one wants anything but a mediocre attempt, something that will tell other's "we did our job...we tried."<br />This also holds true for government, I would guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com