Keeslers Writing World

I agree with Casey that I would like to see tracking go away. I also do believe that a lot of things at the national and state level would have to change drastically in order for that to happen. In order to get rid of tracking the changes would need to trickle down from the top at the national level all the way down to the schools and teachers. This is a lot of change to take place and i'm not sure if i'll ever see it in my life time. I hope to, but don't think I will. I also think that the state mandated portfolio's would be an interesting concept. I do think though that could take some freedom away from the teacher though. The teacher would probably have less say in what the students writing assignments were because certain types of writing would be required in the state portfolio's. Interesting as I find the concept I definitely am all for teachers have freedom in their teaching methods and assignments. I think that this kind of freedom is important in teaching because your dealing with all different kinds of students who learn different ways and are from different backgrounds and you need to be able to find a way to reach each and every one of them.