I thought I would toss my oar into the rather turbulent waters of the
school issue. While I have never been able to claim the space of being a
'concerned' or even a 'committed' parent (or even a parent for that
matter.) I have spent my time in schools.
The thing that always has dis
I have to agree with all the Catherine Shreves wrote. As I said this am
on MPR, we need to look at growth over a period of years. We assess our
kindergarteners to evaluate many basic school readiness skills. If the
state were to expand the reporting to measure children when they enter a
school
Thank you to the list members who answered questions about how
Minneapolis schools are funded and run. The district is run by the
superintendent of schools, who is hired by the 7 member elected School
Board. School districts in Minnesota are funded through a combination
of local, state and feder
In a way I think that we should use standardized metrics to measure how
well schools do. But... It should measure how like students do against
like students in schools. My guess is that all of the middle and upper
middle class students in urban school districts, that attend public
schools, are d
Steve Sumner (home) wrote:
> >From the Minneapolis School Board
> "MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SENATOR PAUL WELLSTONE ENCOURAGE DEPARTMENT
> OF CHILDREN FAMILIES AND LEARNING TO USE MORE THAN ONE INDICATOR TO
> DETERMINE STUDENT SUCCESS".
>
> Hello Mr. Wellstone, they are called standard mea
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I think it's very interesting that the study about the standards came out
approximately six weeks after the election. One of the questions that I had
about the referendum was whet
>From the Minneapolis School Board
"MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SENATOR PAUL WELLSTONE ENCOURAGE DEPARTMENT
OF CHILDREN FAMILIES AND LEARNING TO USE MORE THAN ONE INDICATOR TO
DETERMINE STUDENT SUCCESS".
Hello Mr. Wellstone, they are called standard measurements for a reason.
This is the same
