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Bill: Education Reform Act 2531
Details
Submitted by[?]: Centre Démocratique
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: October 2532
Description[?]:
| It seems the current law focuses on training students for work. We believe Jelbanian children should be encouraged to think, be innovative, display creativity, and focus on their personal and intellectual developement rather than train for a specific occupation. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change National Curriculum
Old value:: invalid choice
Current: There is a National Curriculum which all schools are obliged to follow.
Proposed: invalid choice
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:02:15, February 13, 2008 CET | From |  Socialist Jelbanian Party-D.L.J.-D.L.F | To | Debating the Education Reform Act 2531 |
| Message | we strongly support |
| Date | 23:18:12, February 13, 2008 CET | From | Parti Conservateur Républicain - D.L.J. | To | Debating the Education Reform Act 2531 |
| Message | We support. |
| Date | 04:08:12, February 14, 2008 CET | From | Anarchistes pour une Société Libre | To | Debating the Education Reform Act 2531 |
| Message | We oppose this bill to turn Jelbania into a land of "liberal artists." |
| Date | 05:09:06, February 14, 2008 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the Education Reform Act 2531 |
| Message | So you are saying that creativity is only necessary for "liberal artists"? Do not businessman, bankers, lawyers, teachers, small business owners, farmers, etc. use creativity in their everyday lives? Does not everyone, no matter what their career or station in life, benefit from an education that is not focused on getting a passing grade on a standardized test? |
| Date | 04:00:21, February 15, 2008 CET | From | Anarchistes pour une Société Libre | To | Debating the Education Reform Act 2531 |
| Message | That would be a great argument, if those were actually my views. ::straw man:: I never said I supported education based on passing standardized testing. Don't put words in my mouth. In fact, the proposal supports standardized testing, while the current legislation does not. It seems YOU are the one supporting it, not I. |
| Date | 17:18:58, February 15, 2008 CET | From | Revolutionary Constit'nal United Front | To | Debating the Education Reform Act 2531 |
| Message | Strongly oppose. Just what is creativity and how do you teach it pray tell? |
| Date | 22:58:12, February 15, 2008 CET | From | Centre Démocratique | To | Debating the Education Reform Act 2531 |
| Message | We hope we are interpreting the legislation correctly. We believe the current law does discourage standardized testing but focuses education instead on a particular work field/career. We do not want education to just focus on training someone for the work force. The only other options are 1.) Standardised testing is the primary means of testing the skills and knowledge of students.; or 2.) Standardised testing is secondary to student creativity. Therefore, the only other option for us is the second, in which testing is secondary to creativity. PLMO: You are quite correct that nothing in your statements suggests you support education based on standardized testing. We apologize that our statements insinuates that you did. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 213 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 251 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 37 |
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