List Members, Take a look at the following site:
www.dropoutprevention.org/2levelpages/strategies.html It list some programs that are working around the country successfully. And, I know folks are tired of my ranting about Multiple Intelligence, but it happens to be one of the top 15. Pamela Taylor Tampa) --- Diane Wiley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The research shows that the poor school performance > of kids in poverty > is strongly related to their mobility. The turnover > at Banneker is off > the charts. What does Banneker need? What do the > kids at Banneker > need? Why do the parents want to keep the school > open? MAYBE WE SHOULD > REALLY TALK TO THEM AND FIND OUT. If we really had > a committment to > solving the "problem" at Banneker, we would committ > some resources to it > -- there are programs that have worked in other > places where parents are > drawn in, some hired and trained as Aides, outreach > workers for the > parents are hired, services are provided in the > school and it becomes a > part of the community and the parents have an > investment and that helps > the kids. The kids who are poor and transient do > worse -- so maybe it > would be better for them to stay at Banneker, > regardless of where they > move to, if that's what the parents want -- but only > if the school gets > more help. Finally, if you have kids who are more > than 2 years behind > -- which apparently is much of the school -- that > qualifies them for > Special Ed -- and the only way they will learn to > read is in very small > classes with specific instruction. [And don't ask > me to cite the > specific research Michael, but I have seen it]. > Does this school need > to have a creative approach -- bring in and pay > parents to help, partner > with the U or Augsberg and get students in to help, > add extra teachers > in each classroom. If we cared at all, as a > society, that's what would > happen. There should be an uprising in the city > over those test scores > -- Seward and Barton, the top performers, would be > medium schools in > most of the rest of the state. > > Disgusted and furious, Diane Wiley, Powderhorn [kid > at Seward] > > _______________________________________ > 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________ 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
