Here's a bit of information about what the Challenge did. Yeah, funding a program that gives control of the school back to communities and parents - that's really a socialist agenda.
http://ccsr.uchicago.edu/content/publications.php?pub_id=60 >From the 1996-97 through 2000-01 school years, the Annenberg Foundation awarded special funding to as many as 210 of Chicago's public schools, 90 percent of which were elementary schools. The funding, which had also been provided to cities such as New York and San Francisco, was part of a large-scale local school reform philosophy that intended to improve student achievement and other social and psychological outcomes. In Chicago, the Annenberg Challenge reflected a democratic localism that placed great faith in the ability of local schools, in partnership with parents and their communities, to develop their own strategies to achieve professional development and instructional goals. In order to determine the value of such reforms, the Chicago Annenberg Challenge funded a five-year analysis of the program, led by Mark Smylie, Stacy Wenzel, and a specialized Consortium research team. This team received guidance from a diversified base of local and national researchers and educators, including dozens of Chicago Public School (CPS) teachers. More at link. On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > to those who have been following this lengthy and convoluted thread: > > I have been busy since last night when Robert was saying that the > media was biased because they would not investigate the Annenberg > Challenge. I asked what exactly did he think that collection of > publishers and CEOs and Harvard did, in his opinion, to warrant > investigation. > > I don't see an answer to that, am I missing something? > > thanks for any answers -- really need to knock some work out. > > Danan > > -- > "I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can > borrow." Woodrow Wilson > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:277144 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
