the bank bailout pisses me off too. I have been busy and hadn't noticed that we are bailing out schools now.... sounds like A Good Thing in theory but it's hard not to be cynical about any such proposal. Offhand (on the basis of nothing but my prejudices) I'd worry about how more money will actually translate to better teaching. If it's going to remedy situations where students
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: > @Cameron - I am not saying that the strings are bad, I actualyl liek the > idea. What pisses me off more is that the banking industry has no strings > at all, not even 'good' ones. > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 8:38 PM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Those strings aren't all bad: >> >> High-quality educational tests. >> Ways to recruit and retain top teachers in hard-to-staff schools. >> Longitudinal data systems that let schools track long-term progress. >> >> I'm not terribly fond of testing - I seem to remember feeling like I >> took standardized tests every week in elementary school... But I >> think the quality of teaching professionals is suffering big time. >> Quality teachers have been leaving teaching profession in droves for >> YEARS. >> >> Who's left teaching? Bad teachers with tenure, young inexperienced >> teachers, and a precious few gems who haven't been run off yet. >> >> -Cameron >> >> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 8:21 PM, Scott Stroz <boyz...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Banking industry gets a blank check to do whatever they want...schools >> get >> > money, but with strings attached... >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:285462 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
