Educational Genocide: A Plague on Our Children

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Using research-based evidence, as well as firsthand experience in the form of personal narratives that are easily accessible to his readers, he strongly criticizes the industrial model of schooling and cautions that the educational system is being pushed in the wrong direction as it stifles students' creativity and imagination by focusing on test preparation. Lucido's voice and passion shine through in the numerous examples he uses to illustrate the narrowing of curriculum and the way teaching has been redefined by the extreme concentration on high-stakes testing. Lucido reminds readers that education should be a forgiving process of pushing students to think and achieve; he explains that teaching should be analogous to coaching.

His comprehensive knowledge of the literature on testing, as well as extensive experience working with students, is evident, and his presentation of alternative approaches to assessing students' learning makes this book a must read for teachers, administrators, teacher-educators, and even parents. Graduate, research, and professional collections. Horace 'Rog' Lucido has taught physics and mathematics for over thirty-eight years.

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The central theme of this book is that high-stakes testing is having a critically deleterious effect on our students. The fallout impacts parents, teachers, schools, districts and states. Horace 'Rog' Lucido uses language and supporting evidence that is clear and relatable to the reader. Rarely is the topic of teacher care and concern for students ever embedded in works on educational theory and practice, but here it is championed as the driving force for change, exposing the causes and chronicling the effects of educational malfeasance.

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Educational Genocide: A Plague on Our Children by Horace (Rog) Lucido

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A perfect gift for birthdays, holidays, or just to relax. Enjoy these easy-to-read puzzles anytime, anywhere! Includes Sample Eulogy to-be, Templ This is one of those special books that everyone should have! The central theme of this book is that high-stakes testing is having a critically deleterious effect on our students. The fallout impacts parents, teachers, schools, districts and states.

Horace 'Rog' Lucido uses language and supporting evidence t Across our country educational policies and practices are killing our students' desire to learn and teachers' passion to teach. Horace 'Rog' Lucido uses language and supporting evidence that is clear and relatable to the reader.

Rarely is the topic of teacher care and concern for students ever embedded in works on educational theory and practice, but here it is championed as the driving force for change, exposing the causes and chronicling the effects of educational malfeasance. Kindle Edition , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Educational Genocide , please sign up.

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Educational Genocide : A Plague on Our Children

Promoting Student Happiness Shannon M. Review quote This insightful book dares to challenge the world we offer children when we trumpet 'No excuses! Real educators, like Lucido, use varying and creative methods to reach different kinds of children, and they judge their success by multiple measures.

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Which kind of students does America need-cookie cutter clones or critical thinkers? Educational Genocide describes the crisis in our public schools and offers remedies for parents, teachers, and administrators. As our government begins the 'Race to the Top,' this book is a must-read for anyone who has children, is a teacher, or is involved in education in any way.

I wish every legislator would read this book before casting another vote on any test score related education bill! It is also a touchingly personal narrative. Don't be fooled by the fact that this work is vital and informative.


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It is far more than that. It's genius, and what makes it memorable is Lucido's gift to speak to us, not just from the head but from the heart as well.

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Lucido's exhaustive research and first-hand experience should ignite outrage and a '60s era revolt against high stakes test abuse overtaking the nation's public schools under the punitive politics of No Child Left Behind. Mind-numbing testing can no longer be ignored as a major source of escalating drop-out of students and teachers. Using research-based evidence, as well as firsthand experience in the form of personal narratives that are easily accessible to his readers, he strongly criticizes the industrial model of schooling and cautions that the educational system is being pushed in the wrong direction as it stifles students' creativity and imagination by focusing on test preparation.

Lucido's voice and passion shine through in the numerous examples he uses to illustrate the narrowing of curriculum and the way teaching has been redefined by the extreme concentration on high-stakes testing.