Klarinet Archive - Posting 000340.txt from 2004/05

From: "C.Talbot" <carolyn.talbot@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: re: no one left behind
Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 18:34:09 -0400

I want the very best education possible for each and every child. I have spent
the last 39 years trying to make this happen for the students I have taught.
However, 8th grade level reading and math is just not POSSIBLE (in my
experience) for a child with an IQ in the 50's; yet NCLB expects this of
students at my school. We have 89+ per cent of 650 students on or above grade
level and met 17 of the 18 NCLB standards. We are still a failing school
according to NCLB, though our achievement is considerably above state and
national levels. Go figure.

Carol

On 16.05.2004 at 17:41:41, Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@-----.net> wrote:

> At 11:51 AM 5/16/2004 -0400, Karl Krelove wrote:
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Eric Bell [mailto:bell@-----.net]
> > >
> > > My belief is that EVERY child is entitled to an appropriate education
and
> > > that every child can learn. It isn't easy- and ultimately won't be
cheap
> > > to achieve this.............
> > > Take Care,
> > > Anne
> > >
> >I doubt if anyone really disagrees with you in a general way. But it's the
> >expense that sends most people into their respective camps. This can't be
> >done on the income from local property taxes (the predominant way of
funding
> >public education in the U.S.), which sets up a competitive situation that
> >shouldn't exist between parents and advocates of "normal" kids and those of
> >"special needs" kids, whatever the needs may be. We can all knock our own
> >and each others' heads against the wall until the system is simply too
> >paralyzed by lawsuits to function meaningfully, but until the problem of
how
> >to finance our ideals has been grappled with and solved, we will continue
to
> >waste time, money, breath, internet bandwidth and every other resource
> >arguing about who deserves, who is guaranteed, who needs, and who
ultimately
> >gets the best education possible.
>
> Believe me, the combination of gambling revenues and sales taxes (as in
> Michigan) doesn't work, either! The one advantage property tax has is that
> the tax base is relatively stable. When the economy turns downward, the
> sales tax revenue drops right away, and causes havoc in the school funding
> system. The "promised" per-pupil state grants can't be funded, and the
> schools are simply told to make do with less! I'm no fan of property tax,
> either, but education is crucial. It really must have a high enough
> priority that its funding is secure, one way or another.
>
>
> Bill Hausmann
>
> If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!
>
>
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