I’m of two minds about this. I don’t want to see funding for charter schools cut, but I doubt much of the money does go to charter schools since the teacher’s unions control where money goes. Unions don’t like charter schools.
I’ve always been a news junkie. I watched news shows at breakfast, listened to talk radio at lunch and watched evening news shows as often as I could. What I was most interested in was political news and when I couldn’t watch or listen, I read it on the internet.
My political views don’t really match up with the political views of most of the people I know. I’m not a Republican or a Democrat, I’m a Libertarian. I didn’t vote for the current occupant of the White House and I didn’t vote for the previous occupant either. I don’t think either party listens to what the people want anymore.
So I’ve decided to become a political dropout. Nothing is going to change on the national level. I’m not even sure things will change on the state level, I don’t think the legislators in Columbia are listening to any of us either.
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In the introduction he writes about a small school in New Mexico where half the boys were labeled as “special education.” I find that disturbing and Whitmire does also.
“When I looked at these boys they didn’t seem like special education students.” ~Paul Ortiz, teacher
My son’s kindergarten had 16 boys in his class and the teacher labeled eight of them as trouble-makers. (TJ was included in that group.) That mis-characterization became a real problem for our family and we eventually made the hard decision to pull him out and home school for the rest of the year.
TJ on the playground before school starts. He was a little grumpy at home, but was very happy when he got to school.
Massachusetts School Chief Repeatedly Fails Literacy Test
CNSNews.com: “A Massachusetts school superintendent, who recently put two dozen teaches on unpaid leave for failing a basic English proficiency test, has flunked a required literacy test three times, the Eagle-Tribune reported Sunday. Superintendent of Schools Wilfredo T. Laboy blamed his poor test performances on lack of preparation and concentration and his lack of English skills. Spanish is his first language. “It bothers me because I’m trying to understand the congruence of what I do here every day and this stupid test,” Laboy said. “That’s what, emotionally, I’m so upset about.””
This guy is making excuses? That’s incredible! No wonder students aren’t learning anything, the administrators and teachers don’t know anything.
