--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Well said, I couldn't agree any more but you still need the leadership of the Administarion and the Teachers something that's just not there right now. That's why the next Super has to be a GOOD ONE.
As a retired administrator for the NYC school system, I found that the K-8 > model was preferable since the parents and teachers got to know one another for > a much longer time. In this situation, the students tended to act out less > since the principal knew each of the names of the students and had a closer > relationship with each of the parents. The test scores were also much > higher for students in grades 5-8 in a K-8 setting. Until reading and math scores > improve in Asbury Park, many middle class parents, especially black middle > class parents, will continue to send their studious children to private > schools. I think that a mixture of needy families along with middle class families > working together is what is needed to give us a well needed turn around in > our schools. Since the number of students in Asbury Park schools is not that > large, it should not be that difficult to place test prep programs in the > schools during the school day. In addition, students in risk of academic failure > should attend math and reading boot camp after school, on Saturdays and > during the vacation periods. If these programs can work in the poorest schools in > the South Bronx, they most certainly can work in Asbury Park. As a result in > the reading and math score improvement in the South Bronx, students felt > more confident and better about themselves and saw educational success as an > alternative to gang membership. The other thing that we did in the South Bronx > was to bring in successful role models of color, other than rap stars and > sports stars for the students to identify with and aspire to. We brought in CEOs, > superintendents, politicians and other successful businessmen of color for > the students see, hear and relate with. The message was that today more than > ever there are more high level job opportunities for students of color who > have succeeded in school. The message that we instilled upon the students is > that there is hope. > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/