Submitted by jim kilkenny (not verified) on January 31, 2008 - 08:06.
I am a teacher. That statement alone makes me feel like I just joined a 12 step program.
We've come together today to speak of choice. We need to speak of fulfillment. We have thousands of children who do not read, have problems with measuring and dividing things, and write text message English. We continue to debate this school concept versus that school concept. We say this school is bad and so are the teachers, and this school is good and so are the teachers; we base it all on snap shot pictures of standards of accountability that really do not measure anything.
My friends and relatives score writing tests in Wisconsin, they scored the majority of the students from one state (no names given) with failing grades. This was across the board "good" schools and "bad" schools. Their supervisors returned the tests with a lower scoreing for a passing grade of 3. That is, they changed the standard for that state. I will not discuss good vs bad schools. You get what you pay for and we pay nothing for our children.
Choice Schools or school choice?
Submitted by jim kilkenny (not verified) on January 31, 2008 - 08:06.
I am a teacher. That statement alone makes me feel like I just joined a 12 step program.
We've come together today to speak of choice. We need to speak of fulfillment. We have thousands of children who do not read, have problems with measuring and dividing things, and write text message English. We continue to debate this school concept versus that school concept. We say this school is bad and so are the teachers, and this school is good and so are the teachers; we base it all on snap shot pictures of standards of accountability that really do not measure anything.
My friends and relatives score writing tests in Wisconsin, they scored the majority of the students from one state (no names given) with failing grades. This was across the board "good" schools and "bad" schools. Their supervisors returned the tests with a lower scoreing for a passing grade of 3. That is, they changed the standard for that state. I will not discuss good vs bad schools. You get what you pay for and we pay nothing for our children.