Bennett, Bruner and Noddings Presented by: Audra, Carson & Jess

William Bennett Education: Williams College (B.A) University of Texas (Ph.D) Law degree from Harvard Major positions held: Head of the National Endowment for the Humanities Secretary of Education Office of National Drug Control Policy, Dir. (Drug Czar) Currently: Morning radio show host of “Mornings in America” Listen on KNUS-AM 710 at 4am

Bennett&Education Essentialist More $ does not equal better schools or teachers Parent choice will give schools the push for excellence Supports creating National Standards to go with a National Standardized test Once the testing completed get the Fed. OUT! “standards set nationally, daily decisions made locally” Need standards and freedom in education Supports NCLB but criticizes that parent choice was cut out Choice empowers: parents, students, teachers and principals NCLB needs to provide the comparative information on how School A vs. School B perform Should include test scores AND information on teacher turnover, attendance, discipline, and graduation rates

Active in variety of political arenas Was a Democrat, then switched to Republican in late 1980’s Controversy: Scandal with gambling (estimated $8 million loss) and an off color statement on his show in 2005: "I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could, if that were your sole purpose, you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down.... That would be an impossible, ridiculous, and morally reprehensible thing to do, but your crime rate would go down.” Written and edited over 16 books: The Children’s book of virtues, The Educated Child,The Children’s book of Faith, The Children’s Book of America and many more. William Bennett

Education B.A. Montclair State Teachers College '49 M.A.Rutgers University '64 Ph. D Stanford University '73 Career Educator - former teacher, professor and theoretician of education Author and Philosopher - feminist ethics, moral education, and math instruction Educating Moral People (2002) The Challenge to Care in School (2005) Philosophy of Education (2006) When School Reform Goes Bad (2007) Nel Noddings

Philosophy Bringing Home into the Classroom Critical thinking and the whole person Ethics of Care and Dialogue

Nel Noddings We should want more from our educational efforts than adequate academic achievement, and we will not achieve even that meager success unless our children believe that they themselves are cared for and learn to care for others. - Nel Noddings -