Comments on: Increasing The Grad Rate Quickly, Cheaply, And For Real http://gothamschools.org/2012/02/15/increasing-the-grad-rate-quickly-cheaply-and-for-real/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Michael M. (parent still) http://gothamschools.org/2012/02/15/increasing-the-grad-rate-quickly-cheaply-and-for-real/comment-page-1/#comment-368141 Michael M. (parent still) Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:38:00 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=77377#comment-368141 Huzzah.

This approach would also free up an overcrowded system’s school seats.

]]> By: John Thompson http://gothamschools.org/2012/02/15/increasing-the-grad-rate-quickly-cheaply-and-for-real/comment-page-1/#comment-368120 John Thompson Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:25:00 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=77377#comment-368120 Yes!  We need to scale up your common sense, as well as Bloomfield’s.

]]> By: John Powers http://gothamschools.org/2012/02/15/increasing-the-grad-rate-quickly-cheaply-and-for-real/comment-page-1/#comment-368102 John Powers Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:17:00 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=77377#comment-368102 What Mr. Bloomfield describes should be taken seriously and could be included under the umbrella of “differentiated instructional models.” Of course, this term (DI) gets thrown around a lot and usually by people in supervisory positions who if push came to shove could not differentiate between an apple and an orange. But I digress. It appears though that we are very far from being able to enact common sense educational reforms to our system. For example, transfer high schools, that currently serve the same over-aged, under-credited students one finds in many GED programs, are judged on a four year cohort metric by New York State. That means that if Johnny enters a transfer high school at age sixteen with five credits, he must graduate from his transfer high school within two years in order for his transfer school to not take a “hit” by the state. How much sense does this make? Today it is all about the numbers and not about teaching and learning. If students in NY have until the age of twenty-one to graduate from high school, why not build capacity and commitment amongst all schools and evaluate them based on a 6-7 year cohort?

]]> By: EdintheApple http://gothamschools.org/2012/02/15/increasing-the-grad-rate-quickly-cheaply-and-for-real/comment-page-1/#comment-368080 EdintheApple Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:14:00 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=77377#comment-368080 GED was purchased by Pearson and by 2014 will sharply escalate the cost and reduce the sites by 90%. Of the 150,000 GED-takers in the state only 30,000 r under 21.
SED r exploring a multi-state consortium to design a new test, perhaps creating an exam from Regents or utilizing the current option of a specified number of college credit.
See Feb Regents item for discussion.

]]> By: Marty http://gothamschools.org/2012/02/15/increasing-the-grad-rate-quickly-cheaply-and-for-real/comment-page-1/#comment-368069 Marty Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:37:00 +0000 http://gothamschools.org/?p=77377#comment-368069 Schools with struggling populations could use a few more mature students in the classrooms to help set a better tone.

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