Episode 61 : Six Trait Writing and other Hokeypokey (Wednesday, August 31, 2022)
Six Trait Writing is just one little gimmick, to illustrate for you how complicated is the web preventing education from improving.
I don't think the Education Establishment pushes for one big unifying idea. Rather each area has its own ideas. That way each school district is on its own; there is no encouragement for people to unify against the system.
LET'S FIX EDUCATION: OVERVIEW
Recurring themes. Big ideas. Unifying concepts.