Re: Mandatory summer school
Posted by Kim/AR/math on 8/08/08
On 8/08/08, Tessa- FL wrote:
... The problem is that NCLB uses it to
> punish the school as if it's the school's fault for not teaching them
> (AYP, school grades, etc). Why are we blamed when kids come and go
> year in and year out? Our population, and the poor choices they make,
> is not our fault.
I agree that the schools are being held accountable for situations that
they can't control.
>
> I don't know what ALE is. If we don't pass them along, then they are
> years older than their peers. I don't see how this is good. It
> humiliates and frustrates them. But if we pass them along, they never
> catch up, again they are humiliated and frustrated. There's no good
> answer.
>
Alternative Learning Environment... Some schools use it for students who
can't control their behavior in a normal classroom setting, pregnant
students, students who are way below grade level, a GED class, etc
>
> I agree, students shouldn't graduate on 7th grade material. But to be
> honest these kids will drop out the minute they turn 16 so it's not
> really an issue. After years of failing they can't wait to be done.
> The issue is how do we teach them without humiliation (being held
> back again and again) and how do the schools avoid humiliation.
I agree, but I also would add about the humiliation. We don't want to
humiliate them by putting them in a class that we know is too hard. And
we don't want to put them in a class, then give them 'special'
assignments. That could be humiliating as well.
I think we agree that there is no easy answer to help these students.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Mandatory summer school, 8/03/08, by AYP rates.
- Re: Mandatory summer school, 8/04/08, by Tessa- 1st / FL.
- Re: Mandatory summer school, 8/05/08, by Kim/AR/math.
- Re: Mandatory summer school, 8/06/08, by Tessa- FL.
- Re: Mandatory summer school, 8/08/08, by Kim/AR/math.
- Re: Mandatory summer school, 8/08/08, by Tessa- FL.
- Re: Mandatory summer school, 8/08/08, by Kim/AR/math.
- Re: Mandatory summer school, 8/08/08, by Tessa- FL.
- Re: Mandatory summer school, 8/17/08, by OP.
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