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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 01:27 AM Original message |
Teach for America: costly turnover, little student improvement, perform below certified teachers |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 01:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. my only question is, are these tfa teachers all math and english teachers? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 02:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. the statistics are from grades 1-8, and are for the 2 subjects of high-stakes tests: math & reading. |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 02:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. Poor training doesn't have to mean poor prep by the Teacher. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. Teach For America = The Privatization of Public Education |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 04:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. your post sounds kind of arrogant... |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 04:31 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Your post sounds like an insult. |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 02:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. It's not an insult to point out that your post implies that people |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 02:55 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. maybe he thinks those are scummy schools that soak the students & the public while providing nothing |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 03:00 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. he didn't talk about the schools. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 03:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. no, he didn't. go back & read his post. you're the one who made it personal. |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-24-10 03:05 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. And, for the record, I agree that those types of schools are, generally, bad investments. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 04:45 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. ... |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. Who could have known - experience / training matters? |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-23-10 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
9. This can't be stressed enough |
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