tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post6311567814402127035..comments2024-03-28T08:55:53.818-04:00Comments on Perdido Street School: MaryEllen Elia Loses No Matter What She Does With The Opt Out "Problem"reality-based educatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712885202661371924noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-81658552522721413962015-08-15T06:52:30.757-04:002015-08-15T06:52:30.757-04:00Typical big-government coercion on the part of Eli...Typical big-government coercion on the part of Elia and her heavy handedness is the logical outcome of the move away from local control of the schools. <br />Can't wait till her cronies in Albany set a limit on the number of children they will permit to be sick the day of each exam as one way to combat the actions of concerned parents. <br /> The Veteran NY Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05805569561084847792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-76076041195187970142015-08-14T14:25:12.593-04:002015-08-14T14:25:12.593-04:00If a testing program had value and was viewed as s...If a testing program had value and was viewed as strengthening our children's education parents would not opt out. Coercion cannot work. If they force all the kids into the tests parents will instruct the kids to sabotage these useless tests by giving intentionally incorrect answers. The state needs to change because the school are ours!. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-73832269764648065512015-08-14T12:04:18.060-04:002015-08-14T12:04:18.060-04:00I so wish the educrats would stop distorting the m...I so wish the educrats would stop distorting the meaning behind "participation." They seem either to have forgotten -- or are purposefully distorting -- the original purpose of the "95% participation rate" of NCLB. The legislative history is clear. "Participation" was intended to address, and redress, historic wrongdoing that was being perpetrated by SCHOOLS -- NOT PARENTS -- when it was discovered that SCHOOLS were "systematically excluding" children from taking the assessments -- whether by purposeful intent, or inadvertently. So, 1) 95% participation designed to eradicate the purposeful systematic exclusion (what I like to call "school hanky panky"), meaning designed to stop schools from the practice of hand picking those kids who they want to take the tests, i.e., high-scorers, and from the practice of discouraging those kids who they didn't want to take the tests, i.e., the low-scorers. And, 2) 95% participation designed to eradicate the inadvertent exclusion, meaning designed to ensure that schools have the necessary accommodations to test all students, i.e., for ELLs, SpecEd, IEPs, etc. That's it. NCLB was all about remedying the "systematic exclusion" that was being perpetrated throughout the country BY THE SCHOOLS after we became a test-based, test-obsessed education system. The sanction of withholding funding was possible when the schools themselves engaged in wrongdoing, i.e., engaged in hanky-panky or failed to provide necessary accommodations. The sanctions are NOT meant to punish schools for the actions of parents, and the participation rate has NEVER been about coercing or threatening parents and children. Let's make sure it stays that way.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11398371960366070236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-25871613686612826792015-08-14T10:33:31.620-04:002015-08-14T10:33:31.620-04:00Another thing to consider, is that it is very like...Another thing to consider, is that it is very likely that NYC opt outs will be led by students. <br /><br />With all the recent news coverage kids' ears are starting to stand up as it starts to dawn on them that they don't need to self-flagellate themselves anymore. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-9077405864640337572015-08-14T09:51:42.224-04:002015-08-14T09:51:42.224-04:00Dear Education Reformers:
Rule #1- Don't sc...Dear Education Reformers:<br /><br /> Rule #1- Don't screw with people's children, you will lose!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1628172601886929098.post-40324023539287611082015-08-14T09:42:10.109-04:002015-08-14T09:42:10.109-04:00To MaryEllen Elia: start preparing your resumè
Th...To MaryEllen Elia: start preparing your resumè<br /><br />This reminds me of what goes on in the schools when someone complains. No matter what you do they don't back down. The keep threatening. They come up with new ways to harass you. They lie, lie, lie. They come up with even more ridiculous ideas for how to solve the problem. But they don't give you what you want. <br /><br />The oligarchy is not going to back down. They are going to repackage the garbage and bring it back. <br /><br />Elia is there to get the kicks and pies thrown at her. <br /><br />It will be interesting to see how they respond. <br /><br />They really can't sanction the schools. Because they will be punishing students who are not part of opt out. <br /><br />In the end though, 55% of the schools' funding is paid for by local taxes. We should have way more control of the schools than we currently have. <br /><br />Also, the Lederman's case will factor into this at some point. <br /><br />Right now, parents are winning this power struggle. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com