Passion, not just Data, Should Drive Learning

Academic standards are like the old saying about fire: "Great servant, terrible master".

Yes, we need standards to ensure that our children are learning to read, write, do basic math and think.

But in what seems to be an ever-increasing enslavement to academic standardization, have we sold out our childrens' natural passion for learning?

Lisa Nielsen has an excellent piece in the Huffington Post discussing standardized tests and how they're stifling our children -- and, perhaps even more importantly, our teachers.