Subject: Fall 2010 In Review (getting back to the original question)

Posted by Gene Bellinger on 12/25/2010
In Reply To:Fall 2010 In Review (getting back to the original question) Posted by Janice Hansel on 12/25/2010

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Janice,

Regarding the final part of the message, "I doubt we'll convince education administrators to give their teams of teachers and practitioners adequate time to think and share. We surely won't convince them if they are evaluated according to high-stakes tests taken by stressed, bored students.", "Dancing with Systems" by Meadows http://bit.ly/h9hj5q is a marvelous piece of work which I think speaks directly to your doubt.

The following also might be of some interest...(from System Laws, Clemson http://bit.ly/c6qNZS

Law 2: Feedback. The output of a complex system is dominated by the feedback, and within wide variations the input is irrelevant.
All attempts to develop the system from outside are really inputs to the system, which law two indicates, are to a large extent, irrelevant

Be well,
Gene

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