Comments on: Panel: Path to college-readiness paved with hard-to-fund plans

By: Someday teacher

Someday teacher — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 02:02:00 +0000

The DOE’s plan to judge high school efficacy based on the college readiness of their students is inherently flawed, and even reckless when it comes to the future welfare of the students. Even if new empirical measures of college readiness are to be put into place, it would be irresponsible to use only test data to deem students college-ready. Low income and minority students need assistance to acquire the social and cultural–”soft”–knowledge that college students must have to succeed. Until all students have access to adequate resources to prepare them in non-academic areas, even those judged college-ready by empirical data face the possibility of post-secondary academic failure.

By: East Sider

East Sider — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:49:00 +0000

one guidance counselor in every high school would cost about 30 million … a zero here, a zero there … and Suransky was a Math teacher

By: East Sider

East Sider — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:45:00 +0000

Decision due Friday

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:50:00 +0000

$600 million???

By: Paladin55

Paladin55 — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:10:00 +0000

(To principals) “Your grade on your progress report is going to depend on how many kids actually enroll in college,’” Polakow-Suransky said.”
This comment, and Polakow-Suransky’s complete misunderstanding of how things work in the real world, just blows me away with its burst of ignorance.

Think of all the things that graduating HS students can do in life and in the work force which do not require a college background or the immediate enrollment into a college. A school won’t get credit for creating young men and women who can be good citizens and find employment in a terrible economy if they are not enrolled in college? Makes no sense.

I also agree with “parent first” and his/her comment about college readiness beginning in the elementary school system, and would add that parental support must also play a roll, especially in combatting the harmful influences many forms of peer pressure can have on the academic performance and world/job readiness of some students.

By: guest

guest — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:30:00 +0000

I’m surprised that the morons at Tweed all got into and graduated from college. When are
they going to realize that every single teacher in the system – hates them – hates them with a passion, They don’t know anything about what we have to deal with in our classrooms. HEY MORONS when are you going to wake up and realize that not every student should go to college – not even should every student be in an academic high school. I really wish they would just all go away – they are useless at best and dangerous at worst

By: parent first

parent first — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:15:00 +0000

It seems short sighted to focus solely on high schools. College readiness begins in elementary school. Ground work starts being laid much earlier and the development of the critical thinking skills necessary for academic success should be encourage from the earliest grades.

By: Copernicus

Copernicus — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:13:00 +0000

OOh, OOh, how about we fire all the useless consultants, Tweed administrative bozos, and stop funneling money to Moskowitz and Klein, and actually do something helpful for our students? Naah, so much better to line the pockets of the 1% and find “low cost” methods to make believe we are actually helping students.

By: Student

Student — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:20:00 +0000

This is on another topic, but is there any news at all as to the turnaround arbitration?

According to an article from the end of May, it should have ended today.