Diane Wiley wrote: > But, sigh that > takes money and committment and our governor and legislators don't seem to > care about kids, except as they affect the bottom-line. I think they need to > hear from all of us more often about what we think the priorities should > be. Does anyone understand what our city leaders could do, given the new > funding situation? Could they decide to commit more money to the schools?
Yes, it takes money IF the MPS continue spending huge amounts on programs that have only minimal impact (class size reduction and remedial teacher training). IF they were just willing to change a few basic assumptions and then implement different strategic plans you might see immense improvement with little change in funding requirements. Parents in Minneapolis should ask themselves why the schools continue on with programs which have been shown to have little influence on student achievement. This propaganda about funding is just smoke and mirrors. Ask to see the numbers. I've stated a number of times that there is a study that shows that parent involvement programs can have the most impact on student achievement. After reading about some of the experiences of parents it seems that the MPS may not implement parent involvement programs because they don't want parent involvement. If not, then why not? Michael Atherton Prospect Park _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
