tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post9047881249291498020..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: The Dayton Street shuffledoylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-56928463852212852642012-02-05T16:14:28.751-05:002012-02-05T16:14:28.751-05:00I currently teach at a 'comp school' schoo...I currently teach at a 'comp school' school or Compensatory School. I'm continually frustrated by the inability of bureaucrats to understand that schools that service 'at risk' students are more than just places to enhance literacy and numeracy. They're safe havens and places where kids get treated for health issues, counselled, etc. They house the only place some students can find a caring, responsible adult. Schools like these do more for their students and mean more to their students. Why shouldn't that be recognized in funding?Andrew Campbellhttp://acampbell99.edublogs.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-60167488848957057392012-02-05T10:01:20.488-05:002012-02-05T10:01:20.488-05:00Dear John,
Our local paper just praised her this ...Dear John,<br /><br />Our local paper just praised her this morning for being pragmatic, not an ideologue.<br /><br />*clunk*<br /><br />Thinking may be a relic of the last century.doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-58787296124893002532012-02-04T11:14:15.372-05:002012-02-04T11:14:15.372-05:00I taught at a school that "failed" enoug...I taught at a school that "failed" enough times that it was eventually shut down. It was named after an astronaut back when the school was a refuge for white flight instead of a specially zoned area of Section 8 housing. <br /><br />There was always a stigma attached to teaching in that school and to be honest there were a couple of really bad teachers who were sent there because other schools didn't want them. And yet . . . most of us were trying our hardest. You can't educate someone out of poverty. No one will admit that. We certainly never said that openly for fear of being labeled as having low standards.<br /><br />The school was re-opened as a K-8 instead of a middle school. They're still the lowest-performing in the district and one of the lowest performing in the state, even with new teachers and new admin and a new instructional model.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.com