On Sunday The Lowell Sun carried an article by Jenn Myers that Kristen Ross-Sitcawich had thrown her hat in the ring for School Committee. More candidates is a good thing.
The thing I really liked in the article in The Lowell Sun, and in particular this quote, was..
Our number one focus needs to be put squarely back into our classrooms; prioritizing our investment in data-driven initiatives, early learning, enrichment programming, all of which is central to our city's mission in building a solid economic base.… the use of the term "data-driven".
Lord Kelvin, back in 1883, said:
When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind.I worry that often when we are talking about educating our youth our knowledge is of the "meager and unsatisfactory kind".
Go visit Kristin's website, here.
Regards — Cliff
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