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[quote=Anonymous]I attended an open house earlier this week at a non-tools of the mind school. When I asked about tools of the mind (not that I'm wed to it, but because I've been trying to figure out what I think of it and wanted their reaction), one of the early childhood teachers made a point of coming up to me afterwards to say that tools was "entirely scripted" and that while it is good for new teachers, it does not allow for teacher flexibilty or creativity. She went on to elaborate that once a teacher learns her students, he/she may have great ideas for activities that will excite the kids and tools does not allow for that deviation from the script. I don't know if that is a fair characterization or not, but it was interesting to hear coming from a teacher with many years of experience at one of the well-regarded east of the park schools. FWIW, she had good things to say about IB (though the school I was at is also not an IB school). [/quote]
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