In a message dated 1/4/2003 2:39:07 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> "Progressive" has a unique meaning and set of philosophical > beliefs in education. Even so, I believe that as an > institution the MPS can be characterized using your > definition as supporting moderate "social" improvement > by governmental action. After all, they are branch of > the government and education brings about social improvement. > As one of the chief enforcers of segregation in Minneapolis, the MPS is not a progressive (nor a left) organization by any current definition. The "Progressive Era" did originate a lot of the tracking ideology that the School District still subscribes to but this ideology is almost a century old and represented a totally different mindset than the label "progressive" does today. One doesn't have to be a Socialist today to believe in equality of educational opportunity although a century ago pretty much the only people who did were Socialists. Linda Mann Kingfield _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
