Have schools forgotten they were supposed to prepare kids for success in the world?

I came across this excellent post from the Innovative Educator and thought I would share it since the author is suggesting that schools move in the direction that our Smaller Learning Community grant seems to be taking us! Here's a brief snippet from the post,

"Why is it that artificial, meaningless-to-real-world tests and grades are the way we think we prepare students??? How about preparing students by providing real-world opportunities to explore careers through internships, apprenticeships, and/or part-time jobs? Why not assess students on their experience and what they learned rather than test them in their ability to memorize and regurgitate facts which in many cases don’t matter and aren’t remembered? "

You can read the entire post here....

Happy Reading and Thinking!