I wanted to respond to this a while back, last week was tremendously busy
and my kids were on the computor almost all evenings doing school work and
projects. I do have the information Mr. Atherton requested about the study
that quoted the numbers on student achievement and the most important
Audrey Johnson wrote:
I wanted to respond to this a while back, last week was tremendously busy
and my kids were on the computor almost all evenings doing school work and
projects. I do have the information Mr. Atherton requested about the study
that quoted the numbers on student
Audrey, you can say all you want about class sizes being reduced -- but the truth
is that they were NOT all reduced. My son's 4-5-6 class at Seward Montessori had
27 kids in it last year. And it was not the only class at Seward. I've heard
from other parents at other schools that they didn't
Russell W Peterson wrote:
1,000 children sleep homeless every night. Children hook on
the streets to escape abusive families. Drug dealers
continue to operate selling to children in our
neighborhoods. Latch key children spend countless hours
roaming the streets after school or late at
Michael Atherton wrote: I've argued for sometime that lowering
class size has little effect (for the cost) on student achievement.
I think that the research class size is very complicated. But
anyone who has a kid in school and has spent time in the schools knows
that the more kids they have,
I guess I need to add some clarity to my discussion. First
of all it might help if people understood my experience
base. I helped start a charter school for kids who mostly
had social problems, family problems, peer problems, and
poverty. These were the kids that perhaps weren't
disruptive in
Russell W Peterson wrote:
1,000 children sleep homeless every night. Children hook on
the streets to escape abusive families. Drug dealers
continue to operate selling to children in our
neighborhoods. Latch key children spend countless hours
roaming the streets after school or late at
Russell W Peterson wrote:
1,000 children sleep homeless every night. Children hook on
the streets to escape abusive families. Drug dealers
continue to operate selling to children in our
neighborhoods. Latch key children spend countless hours
roaming the streets after school or late at
Salary increases.
Duke Powell
Burnsville
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Audrey Johnson MPS BOE wrote:
Mr. Atherton is right, current research shows that student acheivement can
be accurrately measured as follows: 49% attributed to parent involvement,
about 42% teacher quality, and about 8% to class size.
Reference please! I have no faith in numbers that fall
In a message dated 11/10/2001 2:36:36 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Mr. Atherton is right, current research shows that student acheivement can
be accurrately measured as follows: 49% attributed to parent involvement,
about 42% teacher quality, and about 8% to class
Audrey Johnson MPS BOE wrote:
Minneapolis did vote on levies to keep class sizes small, and the sizes
promised at the elementary level are being held to that level. At the
secondary levels, there are over enrolled classes. So what's happening?
The official count of students happens, by
Michael Atherton writes:
PS: If these guys keep this up, I'll be forced to run for school board
myself next year and then things will really get UGLY. Don't make me
do this! So please Denny, let's initiate some real solutions and
stop screwing around (there's only four more years before my
Mr. Atherton is right, current research shows that student acheivement can
be accurrately measured as follows: 49% attributed to parent involvement,
about 42% teacher quality, and about 8% to class size. A top priority of
the district is currently to provide staff development in a way that is
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