Two schools describe how they chose to use limited technology funds. (NPR)
The Wall Street Journal praises Duncan’s demands that states add more charter schools.
Glenn Beck looks at the city’s pay-for-grades program, and he doesn’t like what he sees. (Fox News)
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“It goes to show that any student can excel when given the proper support.” – Robert Jackson quote in the Daily News article about middle school math scores.
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The City Council program putting some $20M into 50 or so at-risk middle schools is laudable. And they’ve got some results to back up their strategic investment.
However… the 5% in-school budget cuts being pushed by the Mayor and Chancellor (and approved by the same City Council?) stand to DWARF the incremental funds from this targeted grant program, as affect these proven supplemental programs recommended by the Middle School Task Force. For all 500 middle schools, not just the 50 or so in the program. Scaled up to all 500 middle schools, $200M (tops) would appear to be money well spent. And not all of them are at-risk, so all may not need the infusion.
If Middle School performance is so sensitive to the presence of the various special programs OUTSIDE the classroom proper, what will the headline be NEXT YEAR?
And yet the Mayor says we can afford a 30-acre $1B police academy covering the footprint of Pier 40 and WTC combined.
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