For those who are interested, here's a link to my own polemic against NCLB. I'd love to engage any member of the list who wants to rebut it--within a Minneapolis context, of course. http://citypages.com/databank/25/1214/article11955.asp Britt Robson Lyndale ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Wiley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Minneapolis Issues Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 11:40 PM Subject: Fw: [Mpls] NCLB is anti-civil rights wine in civil rights wineskins
> Anderson & Turpin wrote: > "Perhaps school districts have required testing for some time for school > district to be reported to various depts. of education. But it is important > for the public to receive this information, and for this information to be > reported by school, not just by district. Also NCLB requires specific > actions, which will force schools to try to fix what's wrong, not just make > excuses." > > Well, the Strib and the Press have been printing the reading and math > scores, school by school, for every school in Minnesota, for many many > years. I've only been paying attention to it for about 12 years, so I know > it's at least that long. And, you could always find out about the > "sub-groups" performance from the department, they had the statistics and > you could find out who the kids were who didn't pass. As for "fixing" the > schools -- who do you think is going to "fix" all these schools? I agree > with you that we should concentrate of the lousy schools which need drastic > restructuring, but I don't think that NCLB or not, there is the money to do > what needs to be done to "fix" those schools. > > Diane Wiley > Tangletown > > > > > REMINDERS: > > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > > > For state and national discussions see: > http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > > ________________________________ > > > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn > E-Democracy > > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls > > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html > For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
