Re: facts

[ABurke5054@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/5/2006 11:26:37 AM Pacific Standard Time,  
dkeikoa@hawaii.rr.com writes:

...“Restructuring” is doublespeak for failure. It is what it is. A  school 
in restructuring is  marked as a failure, and private  companies such as AC, 
Edison and ETS-Pulliam now have a door open to them...  
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Your school was restructured after six consecutive years  of failing to make 
AYP (unless your department of education  accelerated the process specified in 
NCLB).   Either way, AC did  not just invade your school unannounced and 
uninvited.  Your  DOE assessed your school's history and its needs and  decided 
that AC would work well for your school's  children.  You yourself say that it 
is helping.  
 
However, you clearly have issues with the decision to restructure, for  which 
you blame NCLB.  Here's a strategy suggested by Campbell's report of  a 
conversation with a NAAP laywer:  Go into federal court and argue  that your state 
should enforce the letter and spirit of NCLB, even though  you really don't 
believe that at all.  That way you'll get invited to  the table to discuss 
what's best for children's education.  Make  sense?
 
Art