School Culture: Performance vs. Service

OOPS – if you are looking for the article by Ray Trotter on ‘WHAT WOULD A SCHOOL BUILT BY WALT DISNEY LOOK LIKE?’ you can find it HERE. Sorry about that!   A Culture of Performance Our schools make the claim that they are educating their students for life. But what kind of life are we referring to? Students are quickly drawn into the pressures associated with high achievement and winning. From the earliest years, a child delights in the special sticker declaring “Good Work!”. This is followed by the realisation that getting the ‘top mark’ on the spelling test … Continue reading School Culture: Performance vs. Service