Maureen You are trying to bring logic to a stupid fight. They haven't researched it and they hanen't read anything about it.
Dana On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 5:29 PM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:277146 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
