I'm sure if they wanted better basketball players, they would have the kids shoot a million baskets each day. What are people thinking? What about kids that have no support at home? And they will wonder why the gap keeps getting bigger? Ugh!
Sue Moore On May 25, 2012, at 6:53 PM, rascal...@aol.com wrote: > I'm not sure why I'm posting this, other than I'm searching for some > company in my despair. Or possibly you can lead me to some ways to deal > with > this situation. > > Today, as we were closing up school for the year, we were discussing next > year's kids and administration wanted to know "how we were going to group > them." (That in and of itself always bothers me). However the statement > that truly sent me spinning, was in regard to giving the students individual > reading time within class. My administrator flat out told me (and my team), > " We do not give the students time to read in class. You must be working > with the students in small groups and they should be engaged in 'targeted > skills" not reading." Of course my response was, "How do we expect our > students to become better readers if we don't give them time to read (of > course > teaching them "how" to read)?" She simply said, "They have to do that at > home." Close of discussion. > No one else on my "team" said anything...they just agreed with her. > My heart sank. I am so disappointed in the direction our education system > is taking us in my state and county. It's all about the pass rate on the > test and looking at data. My students are so much more than data! > Ugh! I'm sure you can all relate and have stories very similar to mine. > I'm just disheartened. :-( > > Ali/FL > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive > _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
