Comments on: The Sugar http://www.quickanded.com/2009/02/sugar.html The Quick and the Ed is an education blog published by Education Sector, an independent think tank in Washington D.C. The Quick and the Ed offers in-depth analysis on the latest in education policy and research. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:36:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: john thompson http://www.quickanded.com/2009/02/sugar.html/comment-page-1#comment-452 john thompson Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:13:00 +0000 http://www.quickanded.com/wordpress/?p=1458#comment-452 Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Blood pressure, blood sugar counts, obesity rates, etc. are test numbers that we know are real. Raise test scores, and parents will be pleased. When we show that we really love our kids by caring for them as full human beings, that's when we get a real payback from children and families.<br/><br/>When instruction-driven efforts succeed, I bet the real reason behind the success is not just the hard work of adults and children. When teachers work hard, they are telling the students "I love you." That is the key to success.<br/><br/>In education, we mostly limited our efforts to curriculum-driven approaches because we didn't have the money to do anything else. With stimulus money, we can really build community schools. After all, it really does take a village. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Blood pressure, blood sugar counts, obesity rates, etc. are test numbers that we know are real. Raise test scores, and parents will be pleased. When we show that we really love our kids by caring for them as full human beings, that’s when we get a real payback from children and families.

When instruction-driven efforts succeed, I bet the real reason behind the success is not just the hard work of adults and children. When teachers work hard, they are telling the students “I love you.” That is the key to success.

In education, we mostly limited our efforts to curriculum-driven approaches because we didn’t have the money to do anything else. With stimulus money, we can really build community schools. After all, it really does take a village.

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