For a while now the creation of school gardens has been seen as a progressive, educationally worthy goal. We all know the arguments; school gardens help children better connect with the natural world, school gardens are tied into curriculum and help support and bolster student learning, school gardens can help children understand where their food comes from and (hopefully) adopt better eating habits. But a recent, and quite vehement, article from part-time Atlantic Monthly contributor Caitlin Flanagan takes another look at the school garden movement and sees... theft.
Check our her article "Cultivating Failure" at http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/201001/school-yard-garden
The response to this article has been great (see blog "serious eats" for Ed Levine's take on Flanagan posted 1/12/10. http://www.seriouseats.com and search under "Alice Waters").
What do you think about the article and the right or wrongheadedness of school gardens?
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