I'll bet that as soon as everyone can boost that their scores are the highest in the school. Most districts will go back to allowing teachers to take control of what they teach...........I will be so excited for *all kids * when that happens, until then NCLB is leveling the playing field in some, not all districts.
On 7/13/07, Lise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You are not alone. I am definitely not what anyone would call complacent. > I > regularly talk to anyone who will listen about what is happening to our > current educational system. But you are right, so many teachers are sheep. > Too many think these tests are great and we all need standards, like none > of > us have ever had any before. This summer I completed an online course on > NCLB and I spent a fair amount of time calling people out ,asking them > their > reasons to support measures that border on child abuse. > > In addition to that fine collection of writers, I'd like to add Alfie > Kohn, > Carole Edelsky and Gerald Bracey. Ken Goodman retired from the Uof A but > is > still active and vocal. By the way, I had dinner a year ago with Denny > Taylor, she is amazing! A couple of websites and listserves are > worthwhile, > too. Educators Roundtable, fairtest.org and Susan Ohanian's website. > Rethinking Schools is a great journal for progressive educators > rethinkingschools.org and Gerald Bracey's EDDRA listserve on Yahoo. Above > all, write your legislators, NCLB is up for reauthorization and they are > trying to fast track it with little or no changes. > > I have always interviewed principals because I refuse to compromise what I > believe to be best practices and I am fortunate to be working with a > principal with principles. He refuses to become a Reading First school > because he doesn't want to sell out to a textbook company, besides he is > well aware of the corruption surrounding Reading First. Unfortunately, the > district is not on the same page. We now have a mandated adopted textbook > for Language Arts and our ELL students. I for one plan to ignore the > edict. > Mosaic, Strategies that Work and Nancy Allen's balanced literacy approach > have always worked well for me.Since my test scores are some of the > highest > in the school, I doubt my principal will bother me about it. > > It's time we organize, take off the gloves and take control of what we do > best. Teach. We are professionals, it's time we act like it. > > Lise > 6-8th grade LA/SS > Phoenix, AZ > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
