-> be no need for rework (which is often very expensive).  If
 DJ> one -> teacher has a method that works better than the others
 DJ> in use, then, -> IMO, everyone should be teaching that way.
 DJ> To me, this is the crux of the problem. Neither teachers nor 
 DJ> kids are programmable machines. Keep in mind that teaching is an 
 DJ> art that hopefully includes scientific research as an 
 DJ> underpinning. What is magic for a given teacher may never work 
 DJ> for another.  
Yet if we work together as a team, sharing ideas, helping each other, 
listening to problems, suggesting solutions, keeping an open mind about new 
possibilities, and really pin our system to scientific research, (which is a 
great part of "The Team Handbook for Educators"), then won't we be able to 
advance the "art" of teaching?
 
Somehow, you seem to think that Deming would want students to become little 
parts in a big machine all manufactured by robots, (teachers).  To make this 
assumption would be 180 degrees from the truth.  Actually, this is the system 
that is current in our schools, we try to fit students into little boxes like 
some manufactured part.  Unfortunately, a good percentage do not fit into 
this learning pattern.
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