Educators Failing End of Grade Test (6-15-10)

Tuesday, 15 June 2010 00:00

Hi, this is the conservative minute and I'm Dr. Carl Mumpower...

A limiting force that all organizations must guard against is the temptation to emphasize procedures over outcomes. A focus on outcomes improves performance. A focus on procedures is more about protecting the performer. The end of the school year has provided us with a good example of procedures trumping outcomes. End of grade tests are designed to measure student progress and thus teacher performance. It's a good effort, but as with most plans coming out of distant bureaucracies, the devil finds a home in the details. Curriculums are being designed to assure that students pass these tests - a mission where a procedure - the test - is at risk for crowding out the desired outcome - learning. Once these tests are completed, teachers and students, per legislated schedules, are then stuck watching Kung Fu Panda reruns for two or more squandered weeks. The waste of this bureaucratic indulgence is remarkable - offering a clear lesson for conservative thinkers in why procedures matter - but outcomes matter more... I'm Dr. Carl Mumpower and you just spent a minute with a candid conservative...

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Talking Head Theater (9-3-10)

Hi - this is Dr. Carl with today's candid conservative minute...

Though the conservative movement is blessed with some brilliant voices, it might be time for a drug screen on the studio water coolers. Some of the sharpest minds in the business are increasingly demonstrating behaviors typical to histrionic psychiatric patients. Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, and Ann Coutler can blow away the left with their wit and wisdom. More and more they seem to be trying to blow up their polls. Who the heck cares whose number 1? What conservatives care about is cognitively correct perspectives on social, governmental, religious, and other matters that bring us closer to truth. Slapstick comedy, head banger music, and juvenile presentations distract from and damage the essence of the discussion. Leave the polls, slapstick, and hysterics to the guys who are best at it - the leftheaded talking heads. Our important conservative voices need to get back on track with their compelling dedication to reality, reason, responsibility, and right. As has been proven, the polls will then take care of themselves...

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