Re: query

["GERALD BRACEY" <gbracey1@verizon.net>]

More specifics would be wonderful.  As with the whale quote, I'm concerned 
that I might be asked for a cite.  I can always resort to "allegedly said" 
but that takes away some of the punch.

It's a great quote, though.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Cbgord@aol.com>
To: <arn-l@interversity.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [arn-l] query


> Jerry,
> I don't have any information on that particular quote, but I do have 
> another
> doozy that might be useful.  McGraw-Hill's scripted Open Court  Reading
> program has been implemented in the most heavy-handed way  imaginable in 
> Oakland.
> Open Court "coaches" (often referred to as the Open  Court Police) and
> administrators have consistently drilled into teachers that  they must 
> stay on pace
> and never ever deviate from the script. One teacher who  responded to a
> student's question during a lesson in a creative fashion was  sharply 
> reprimanded
> afterward by her principal. When the teacher protested that  it was a 
> teachable
> moment, the principal replied, "There are no teachable  moments in Open 
> Court."
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> Since Open Court is closely related to NCLB and high stakes testing, this
> might be something you want to use. If so, I can get more specifics about
> exactly where this was said, what the grade level was, etc.
>
> Craig Gordon
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> In a message dated 7/7/2007 10:34:46 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> gbracey1@verizon.net writes:
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> Some  years ago, a principal (I think) in California (I think) was asked 
> why
> the  class wouldn't be making its annual whale-watching trip and said 
> "Because
> whales are not on the test."  I'd like to use this, but can't remember
> where it's from and my initial googlings didn't find it.
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> Anyone  remember?
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> Jerry=
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