If we are going to make the school systems "more accountable" then we
should compare apples to apples and oranges to oranges. Comparing Edina
to any inner city school should be done on the basis of how well Edina
does in educating their South East Asian students to Minneapolis South
East Asian students. (Substitute every economic class and ethnicity
there).
In addition to that, how does the suburban school system deal with
students who are Autistic, Dyslexic or other problems? About 10 years ago
I know of one parent who had to leave the Edina school system because
their idea of how to deal with dyslexia was to have the student retake
second grade. That parent found another school system with a program to
help dyslexic students.
So if a suburban school has a failure when their only second grade student
of recent Ethiopian extraction fails reading and math, then we should
defund ALL of their programs because they are obviously failing a whole
group/class of students right?
You mentioned all sorts of reasons why parents, teachers and students
couldn't be held accountable (sarcastically I assume). What is your reason
for not making yourself accountable? How do you escape this particular
"passing of the buck"?
> While I so enjoy being chided by snotty liberals who disagree with my
> opinion, I do have to ask: where, in your world, does the accountability lie
> then??? Certainly the students can't be held accountable; they're just
> children! And the teachers? Impossible. Too under paid! The School District
> or School Board then! But there's too many kids to keep track of and some of
> them don't even speak english!! The parents? They're just working
> stiffs.........
>
> Any other suggestions out there rather than the almighty buck in this
> discussion??
Rich McMartin
snotty liberal living in Bryant Neighborhood.
