tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post116069045193930881..comments2023-12-24T08:35:08.509-05:00Comments on Pissed Off: Shocking Math ScoresPissedoffteacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-1160855524458316142006-10-14T15:52:00.000-04:002006-10-14T15:52:00.000-04:00Mills told a friend of mine years ago that the rea...Mills told a friend of mine years ago that the reason my firend didn't want to teach new Math A was because my friend was too lazy to write new lessons. How anti teacher can he get?Pissedoffteacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07924089808582137198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-1160849071939581722006-10-14T14:04:00.000-04:002006-10-14T14:04:00.000-04:00New York State's commitment to shortchanging NYC's...New York State's commitment to shortchanging NYC's kids exceeds its commitment to raising acheivement. There is really nothing else to say about the current situation.<BR/><BR/>There should be plenty to say about what needs to be changed, starting with, but certainly not ending with, Richard Mills.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-1160782311111696802006-10-13T19:31:00.000-04:002006-10-13T19:31:00.000-04:00Let me be even more politically incorrect. How ab...Let me be even more politically incorrect. How about single-parent households (usually mothers) that are poor educational role models and don't have the time or the ability to help their children.<BR/><BR/>nyc educator:<BR/><BR/>Remember the Charter Schools suffer from a lack of quality teachers. Once a teacher is certified, they want the benefits that the public school teachers have, without the extra workload that the Charters demand of them.Chazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-1160738697216503342006-10-13T07:24:00.000-04:002006-10-13T07:24:00.000-04:00In my experience, a proactive parent is the single...In my experience, a proactive parent is the single best predictor of student success (or failure).<BR/><BR/>The second best shot kids have is quality teachers. And frankly, if charters can only perform marginally better with such advantages (assuming they have good teachers), they're not the panacea some say they are.<BR/><BR/>If you removed the kids I have with uninvolved parents, you'd see far better than a 10% increase in passing test scores.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-1160705968815723022006-10-12T22:19:00.000-04:002006-10-12T22:19:00.000-04:00As a teacher in a charter, I can tell you that the...As a teacher in a charter, I can tell you that there are a lot of different reasons parents put their kids in charter schools. For some, it's just safer. For others, it's because their kid was kicked out of another school. And of course there are those who are looking to push their kids harder academically. But on the balance, we don't really get a student population that's any easier to get high scores from. At least not in the poor, urban area in California where I work. Poverty often affects the proactive parent just as much as the inactive or overwhelmed ones.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29536003.post-1160698042225144962006-10-12T20:07:00.000-04:002006-10-12T20:07:00.000-04:00The Post reports today that charters have a slight...The Post reports today that charters have a slightly higher passing rate than public schools. It seems to me that with 100% proactive parents they ought to be passing just about as many kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com