Kathleen,
We need a Marshall plan for our public education system. The charade
about privatization and lazy teachers distracts from a real debate and
teachable moment about the funding gap and evidence based interventions
for impoverished communities.
We give two billion dollars in aid to
This is interesting/crazy...
LL
The kindergarten queue
25 January 2011
We’re not sure whether to laugh or cry after this ABC6 story about
parents braving frigid temps to get their kids into Penn Alexander’s
kindergarten, which is capped at 50 students. We’re happy that such a
school exists
. There
ARE other good public schools in Philadelphia, but parents do what they have
to do.
From: Linda Lee l...@verizon.net
Reply-To: Linda Lee l...@verizon.net
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:27:48 -0500
To: UnivCity listserv UnivCity@list.purple.com
Subject: [UC] fwd: The kindergarten queue (from
In a message dated 1/27/2011 10:28:37 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
l...@verizon.net writes:
We’re not sure whether to laugh or cry after this ABC6 story about parents
braving frigid temps to get their kids into Penn Alexander’s kindergarten,
which is capped at 50 students. We’re happy
The real source of the problem is that since Kindergarten is not mandatory
in Pennsylvania (I don't think kids are actually required to attend school
until they are 8, which is completely ridiculous) -- the schools are not
really required to ensure space for them. If you do somehow get admission
