OK, Ed "Reformers"; You're ON! [View all]
Solve the following problem. Leave NO child behind. Go ahead: race to the top!
A snippet of real life public education in the Bronx in the Age of R E F O R M. (Note: that's *real* life. "REAL".)
You're on, Barrack.
Take it to 'em, Arne.
Show us what ya' got, Big Bill Gates.
Hang on, there, Chris Christie. (I wanna get a mai tai first.)
From Perdido Street Blog and the unspeakable NY POST. ( A HUGE fan of this admin's ed "reform" policies, BTW):
>>>>Timothy — suspended at the time of Wednesday’s skirmish — has a deadly family history.
His mother, Tane Crump, 52, spent eight years in prison on a manslaughter charge for a 1982 Bronx slaying, sources told The Post.
Noel’s home life was just as appalling.
His fragile mental state deteriorated sharply after his brother, Justin, committed suicide in 2013, sources told The Post.
He attempted to follow his sibling’s tragic path last month when he wrapped a belt around his neck and tried to hang himself.
Once close friends, the two kids began feuding after Timothy stole a phone and gave it to Noel for safekeeping.
But Noel’s mother, Marie Estevez, found the phone and destroyed it because she thought it could be located by via GPS.
Enraged, Timothy and his pals began a campaign of torment that ended in his own death.
The Post goes after the principal because that's what they do - blame teachers or principals for stuff.
But given the horror in the lives of the two boys involved in the fight that ended in the death of one of them, there's a lot more to blame for this mess than just a principal who allegedly failed to take action after being told about the bullying.
When you have students who bring the kind of fear, anger and self-loathing that these kids brought to school with them, there's only so much schools can do to mitigate the damage.
That doesn't mean I'm exonerating the principal here - if it is found that she had knowledge of the bullying before>>>>>>
the rest: http://perdidostreetschool.blogspot.com/2014/06/how-would-education-reformers-solve.html
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