Reading Reaction from April 15th

Some of Tyack and Cuban's chapter 4 leads the reader back to their idea of incremental reforms of the education system. The mentioned reform attempts, like the Eight Year Study and the Dalton Plan, have left small footprints throughout the school system. They both wanted to free up school's methods, and showed progress in their own right. Looking at their effect today may show small influence, but like Tyack and Cuban state, add up those small influences and the whole system will shift. We would all like wholesale changes, but maybe we just cannot handle that. I wish we would allow reforms like the Eight Year Study and the Dalton Plan have more time and wider trials to show just how effective they can be. Even if we don't allow more time, they will make people think about changing. Our system has taken shape, and graded schools with walls and core curriculum might be how we have solidified it, but Tyack and Cuban teach us that anything from new technology to frustrated educators with an idea will make it all change.