From Information to Wisdom: What Kids Need From Education
Celebrate Kids Podcast with Dr. Kathy

From Information to Wisdom: What Kids Need From Education

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 28, 202620 min
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  • Society

In this episode of the Celebrate Kids Podcast, Dr. Kathy Koch and Wayne Stender explore why so many Americans are dissatisfied with education while often feeling better about their own children's schools. They discuss the difference between simply delivering information and actually developing critical thinking, curiosity, wisdom, and readiness for life. Parents will be encouraged to look closely at what their own kids are experiencing, ask better questions about learning, stay involved with teachers and schools, and remember that education should help children do more than know facts; it should help them understand and wisely engage the world around...

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Like it matters for you to be involved. For your kids, it matters that they know that you know about their education. Don't be afraid of the dark. Be careful with stars.

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Not every light is going to guide you, baby. Not every light is going to guide you. So Dr. Kathy, today on the Celebrate Kids podcast and this daily segment,

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Facing the Dark, I want to talk about a new Gallup poll that was published that found that only 32% of adults say they're satisfied with the US school system. That's an 11 point drop in the last two years.

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