Reply to BASIS DC to open in 2012-2013

Forum Index » DC Public and Public Charter Schools

Reply to "BASIS DC to open in 2012-2013"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With the situation in dc public schools,  I would rather a school that has the problem you describe above.  [b]This is a problem of reaching very high expectations and figuring out how to do that.[/b]  I find this problem almost a gleeful one to have compared to the problems dcps seems to have even minimally educating its kids.  I think you would not be a good candidate to teach at Basis if your first reaction is that it can't be done.[/quote]

You mean, this is a matter of [i]setting[/i] very high expectations, and figuring out how to reach them.

Yes, it is in part.  I think that's what the PP was pointing out.  "We'll do it!" is a statement, not a strategy.  I have wondered about this myself.  Tutoring and summer school are not going to be sufficient to raise the math performance level (or reading/writing either) of students who are several years below grade level.  A "content specialist" could be a math superstar, but teaching to under-performing students and getting them out of remedial learning is a rather different skill set.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics