John Merrow Professions : BroadcasterBorn : June 14, 1941 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by John Merrow Anyone who fears, as I do, that today's public schools are dangerously close to being irrelevant must read this book. The authors provide a road map-and a lifeline-showing how schools can prosper under the most difficult conditions. It is a welcome departure from all the school bashing. John Merrow departurebookschool You have to remember, we may be the only nation, the only one I know of, that uses test scores not to assess kids, but to assess teachers. I think we're unique in doing that. John Merrow uniqueteacherkids There's a lot of feeling that the school curriculum has been bare-bones, just drill and, again, no art, music, and so on and so forth. John Merrow feelingsartschool Twelve million students take the PARCC or Smarter Balanced. Now, if 5 percent opt out, that creates - that triggers some restrictions, and 5 percent of 12 million is only 600,000. John Merrow twelverestrictionstudents Similar Authors Dennis Bardens broadcaster David Attenborough broadcaster Dan Davis broadcaster Harry Beitzel broadcaster Hari Sreenivasan broadcaster Charlie Brooker broadcasterAll Authors
