Too many wealthy/rich people are, mostly men, are continuing
to increase their wealth off the backs of kids and teachers.
Just pay me, too.

On 1/28/09, we're ALL in trouble wrote:
> Hey everyone out there-
> It is statistically impossible for all students to be
> proficient. Period. When students are INSTRUCTED (due to
> an IEP) on a second grade reading level...and are TESTED
> on a sixth grade level (and expected to pass!) there's
> something seriously wrong! It's like expecting a dentist
> to pass a pilot's exam, or a CPA to pass the test to
> become a surgeon...why do we insist that kids pass tests
> that they haven't received instruction for? OF COURSE they
> will fail. I've had my special ed kids CRYING hysterically
> in a 6th grade classroom because they could NOT read the
> darn test!(they were on a 2nd grade reading level!) What
> do you tell them??? (guess? When in doubt the answer
> is "c?", just sit there and don't do it???) Relax....the
> government couldn't possibly "take over" every school in
> the nation in a few years. Who the heck wants the
> responsibility for THAT mess? In my inner city district,
> we've got TONS of schools that didn't make AYP- and guess
> what? The "for profit, experts" who come in (having NEVER
> been in a classroom) to "FIX" the problem are doing
> nothing more than collecting a paycheck. DOZENS
> of "expert" companies have made millions off our district,
> and they don't know what to do either. Fire me if you
> want- but the idea that one can come in with a "one size
> fits all" radical change model and fix the schools that
> fail to make AYP is absolutely absurd. You can say that my
> class is "the sea of unwanteds" -kids from broken
> homes/parents in jail or dealing drugs/the typical 'ghetto
> gang'...BUT...I'll be darned if I'm about to let some guy
> in a suit and tie tell me that my kids are failures
> because they didn't pass the State Test. They ARE
> learning, and they WILL be productive members of society
> if you let me do my job. I know my kids better than
> the "experts" from the privatization companies. You will
> have a hard time pulling this inner city teacher from her
> post! I have goals for my kids, and NCLB is not going to
> deter me from reaching those goals.So..the problem is that
> NCLB wants to assign blame, move kids around the city in
> search of the "magical" school, penalize teachers,
> restructure...go ahead.
> BTW- My school is a National Blue Ribbon School- more
> proof that it doesn't matter WHERE your school is located-
> they ALL have potential if you address the individual
> needs of the school, and keep moving forward.

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