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You are so right. There are lots of researchers out there who understand this but they are unable to do anything bexause of people like Arne Duncan who believe in data, charter schools and choice. If you haven't read Diane Ravitch's book The Death and Life of the Great American School System read it and recommend it to everyone with a brain. We have to fight this. Marilyn Kulkarni Librarian Brandywine High School Wilmington, DE mask1@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darlene Yasick" <lib027yas@SBCGLOBAL.NET> To: "LM NET" <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 1:28:13 PM Subject: Re: [LM_NET] nytimes article: A Popular Princ ipal, Wounded by Gov ernment’s Good Intenti ons This article makes me so angry. Where has common sense gone to? It seems like everyday we see another example of this type of thinking - suspend a student for bringing a butter knife to school to cut brownies, suspend a kindergartener for hugging a student, fire a principal because we don't track student's progress only measure by a test they can't pass at that point in their educational journey. Locally we had a school whose student body is composed of severly disabled student land in the bottom 5%- worst school for the same reason. Some of the students in this school can't talk or take care of their basic needs but they "SHOULD' pass the test. Or as one principal said "These student are considered learning diabled 179 days out of 180 but on this one test day we expect them to function on the same level as our most gifted students" We are intelligent, educated people , surely we can do better Darlene Yasick Retired Wyoming, MI --- On Mon, 7/19/10, Kris Fallon <librarychickie@GMAIL.COM> wrote: From: Kris Fallon <librarychickie@GMAIL.COM> Subject: [LM_NET] nytimes article: A Popular Principal, Wounded by Gov ernment’s Good Intentions To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU Date: Monday, July 19, 2010, 8:02 AM An illustration of the unintended consequences of testing accountability and the RTTT grant. The example of the refugee child and his lack of understanding of human space travel, said it all. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/19/education/19winerip.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&th&emc=th -- Kristina Fallon, LMS Robert Morris School, pk-8 So Bound Brook, NJ librarychickie@gmail.com "Only the educated are free." - Epictetus, (Greek-born, Roman slave and philosopher- 55 AD - 135 AD) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. 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