In a message dated 9/22/2004 8:24:19 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< While it is true that the current approach of providing "everyone" with a college predatory education is not working, I don't think that either "culling" or "tracking" are a necessary or even a positive alternatives. As Mr. Mann argues many minority students are already the victims of low expectations. >> In Minneapolis the current approach is to cull and track in grades K-3 and up. A large majority of MPS students are deemed to be "too hard to educate," and besides, the board members do not want to displease employers who need to fill unskilled, low-wage, low-status jobs. A college-bound education tends to make one unsuited for those jobs. It is hard for most teachers to do a good job of educating students when they are new to the job, and when students are overexposed to new teachers. I don't blame the teachers, the parents, or the students for that. Curriculum tracking and an emphasis on behavior management were, in part, adaptations environment in schools where new teachers predominate, and are being promoted in a large majority of the district's schools. That might be a good reason for realigning high seniority teachers with multiple teaching licenses out of regular Ed positions in the elementary grades. -Doug Mann, King Field write-in "Doug Mann" for school board www.educationright.com REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
