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“School can be like a vacuum cleaner sucking the knowledge out of kids.”

Posted on March 4, 2008 by mwalker

I am working on one of the DEECD principal focus groups for building an instructional model for teachers in Victoria. During the first workshop we listened to this video clip from Richard Elmore talking about some of the challenges.  Richard … Continue reading →

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