tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post112817307205993279..comments2024-03-16T13:43:21.762-04:00Comments on Schools Matter: The Education Reformation of NCLB and the Crusade to Kill Public SchoolsJames Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04462754705431590571noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-49428264742031045252007-03-03T14:52:00.000-05:002007-03-03T14:52:00.000-05:00I moved to an area that requires I teach a script ...I moved to an area that requires I teach a script from Open Court and Saxxon. There is no story time, no free choice, to paints to explore,and I forgot to mention that this is first grade. I see empty faces that beg for a 5 minute reward so that they can have a story read them. It breaks my heart to tell them that we might just not have time. What we really need is for our government to invest in teleprompters to be placed in the back of each classroom so that teachers can read their script easily. Of course it's a sad day that your 1st grade students can read your Open Courst teaching manual, but I'm forbidden to add any non approved literature that might challenge some deeper thought. Yes, I could write a book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-1130185352613753432005-10-24T16:22:00.000-04:002005-10-24T16:22:00.000-04:00What US. Senator said the following?:"I think it i...What US. Senator said the following?:<BR/><BR/><BR/>"I think it is very difficult for a person who lives in a community to know whether, in fact, his educational system is what it should be, whether if you compare his community to a neighboring community they are doing everything they should do, whether the people that are operating the educational system in a State or in a local community are as good as they should be. I think it is very difficult for a citizen to know that. So you come in and say, "We have a certain percentage of economically deprived children in a particular district. We are going to put up $2 million there."<BR/><BR/>"Now that $2 million, because of the kind of school board you have there, might be completely wasted while $2 million in some other community might be used to a child tremendously. If I lived in a community where the $2 million was being wasted, I would like to know something like that. I would like--I wonder if we couldn't have some kind of system of reporting, either through a testing system which could be established which the people at the local community would know periodically as to what progress had been made under the program. I think it would be very helpful to Congress and I think it would be very helpful to people living in the United States, and I think it would be very helpful to people living in the local community."<BR/><BR/>What US. Senator called for national testing to know if federal funds were being spent successfully?<BR/><BR/>What US Senator called for kids to be tested and retested?<BR/><BR/>Back in 1965?Jenny D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00387495194556407445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-1128625838233649502005-10-06T15:10:00.000-04:002005-10-06T15:10:00.000-04:00...such an important piece of work, thank you!!!...such an important piece of work, thank you!!!anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910024545697610822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14707730.post-1128274700081400052005-10-02T13:38:00.000-04:002005-10-02T13:38:00.000-04:00As a frustrated teacher who sees testing eating aw...As a frustrated teacher who sees testing eating away at our kids education and future I say thank you.Smithiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587920260035958709noreply@blogger.com