Hello List, Me again. I came across this website which talks about ways that school boards need to be thinking in order to bring about real reform. It also speaks to what I believe to be essential - training teachers differently BEFORE they come into the schools to teach.
I encourage you all to to check it out, and ask MPS candidates their thoughts on it. www.saee.bc.ca/2002_2_2.htm Pamela Taylor (Tampa) --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > W. Brandon Lacy Campos wrote: > <snip> > >Theoretically, I would indeed support such a course > in the > >Minneapolis Public Schools. I believe that the > basic role of > >education is to teach individuals to think > critically and > >analytically. > <snip> > Considering that the majority of MPS students > > don't finish high school, and that most who do can't > read at an adequate level, don't you think you're > putting > the cart before the horse here? Whether we have an > Industrial > Age, Information Age, or an Aquarian Age school > system, we're > not getting our money's worth for the $10,000+ we're > spending > per student. I suggest that first you focus on > turning out > students who can read, write and do simple > arithmetic so the > kids have some rudimentary job skills. This > shouldn't take > twelve whole years of schooling, and if done early > enough > ought to leave you plenty of time to teach critical > thinking, > to say nothing of giving students enough basic > science, art, > and literature so they have some material and > background to > base their critical thinking on. > Meanwhile, since the building's on fire it > seems rather > silly to be talking about whether we should spend > the > next paycheck on scented candles or chandeliers. > > Kevin Trainor > GOP Candidate, HD 61A > East Phillips > _______________________________________ > 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
