Re: [Mpls] Controversial school thoughts and questions

2004-09-23 Thread Laura Waterman Wittstock
On Wednesday, September 22, 2004, at 02:11 PM, Victoria Heller wrote: 1. How many male teachers are employed by MPS? What is the ratio of male teachers to female teachers? I ask this for several reasons: 1) the best teachers that I had in Jr. and Sr. high school were men, 2) based on my limite

Re: [Mpls] Controversial school thoughts and questions

2004-09-22 Thread Dan McGuire
I just finished an hour of correcting papers so I'll add a bit to Brionna's comments. > > Vicky: >4. MPS teachers, by union contract, are only allowed to "teach" for five > >hours each day, for >approximately 155 days each year. This amounts to > >less than a half time job. To compare salaries

RE: [Mpls] Controversial school thoughts and questions

2004-09-22 Thread Brionna Harder
Okay, I'll bite. . . perhaps out of procrastination more than anything as I have over hundred papers to grade. . . however, since I have that plus several more teaching-related responsibilities before I sleep tonight, I am only going to address a few of the thoughts/questions. I apologize if I