Comments on: Good Enough for Who It’s For http://edforum.adventist.org/articles/13 Connecting Adventist Educators Around the World Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:53:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Carol Allred http://edforum.adventist.org/articles/13#comment-197 Carol Allred Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:32:41 +0000 http://edforum.adventist.org/articles/13#comment-197 I agree with your views, but the problem seems to be that you can hardly get two people (educators or parents) to agree on what good education is -- whether it is requiring uniforms or having the latest technology, etc. My theory on why so many of our small schools are subpar and failing: they are being run by amateurs in their spare time. I agree with your views, but the problem seems to be that you can hardly get two people (educators or parents) to agree on what good education is — whether it is requiring uniforms or having the latest technology, etc.

My theory on why so many of our small schools are subpar and failing: they are being run by amateurs in their spare time.

]]> By: kurt kaufman http://edforum.adventist.org/articles/13#comment-174 kurt kaufman Mon, 11 Feb 2008 04:27:52 +0000 http://edforum.adventist.org/articles/13#comment-174 I remember when I was principal at The Village SDA elementary school in Berrien Springs and we got back test results our students had class average starting at 70 percentile for 3rd grade and worked up to 90's in 8th. These were good but I felt we had room to improve. Not only did I want our students to have the best and be the best, but for those who don't know VSDA is literally surrounded by the public schools in Berrien and Ruth Murdock was just down the road. There was no room for average and the fact that many of the same teachers are there and enrollment seems to be holding tells me they are conituing that high standard. I remember when I was principal at The Village SDA elementary school in Berrien Springs and we got back test results our students had class average starting at 70 percentile for 3rd grade and worked up to 90’s in 8th. These were good but I felt we had room to improve. Not only did I want our students to have the best and be the best, but for those who don’t know VSDA is literally surrounded by the public schools in Berrien and Ruth Murdock was just down the road. There was no room for average and the fact that many of the same teachers are there and enrollment seems to be holding tells me they are conituing that high standard.

]]> By: Ed http://edforum.adventist.org/articles/13#comment-160 Ed Thu, 07 Feb 2008 03:32:34 +0000 http://edforum.adventist.org/articles/13#comment-160 I don't think "good enough" describes Adventist Education. It seems to me that NAD has done some in house research and that Adventist Education is quite a bit better than education in general in North America. We are not perfect but working toward that goal. I don’t think “good enough” describes Adventist Education. It seems to me that NAD has done some in house research and that Adventist Education is quite a bit better than education in general in North America. We are not perfect but working toward that goal.

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