Comments on: Camp Greene Lake http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/07/22/camp-greene-lake/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:10:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Brian Rude http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/07/22/camp-greene-lake/#comment-4324 Brian Rude Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:38:50 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=674#comment-4324 I've never been to a camp as a kid, so I can't speak from experience, but I am highly skeptical of the claim that they learn "an enormous amount, including a large amount of traditional academic content". Can someone elaborate on that, give some support for it, even anecdotal? Or is it just rhetoric? Now that I think about it, there may be a pretty good case to be made that school is like camp. Indeed, one might wonder whether that might be a problem. I’ve never been to a camp as a kid, so I can’t speak from experience, but I am highly skeptical of the claim that they learn “an enormous amount, including a large amount of traditional academic content”. Can someone elaborate on that, give some support for it, even anecdotal? Or is it just rhetoric?

Now that I think about it, there may be a pretty good case to be made that school is like camp. Indeed, one might wonder whether that might be a problem.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/2008/07/22/camp-greene-lake/#comment-4322 Rachel Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:33:49 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=674#comment-4322 Somehow I don't think they'd love it as much if all those enthusiastic counselors were focused on preparing the campers for the state-mandated end-of-camp tests on hospital corners and latrine cleaning... Or if they were worried that the camp wouldn't make AYP because too many kids were below-proficient in rope-climbing. Somehow I don’t think they’d love it as much if all those enthusiastic counselors were focused on preparing the campers for the state-mandated end-of-camp tests on hospital corners and latrine cleaning… Or if they were worried that the camp wouldn’t make AYP because too many kids were below-proficient in rope-climbing.

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