vision2020@moscow.com: Re: Private school tax credit
Re: Private school tax credit
Robert Probasco (rcp@uidaho.edu)
Sun, 15 Feb 1998 05:26:49 -0800 (PST)
On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, John Danahy wrote:
> Public Schools - If 98 out of 100 students leave elementary school reading
> at or above grade level, is this a failure? It is for the 2 who leave not
> reading at or above grade level. Of those 2, 1 needs special help because
> of some type of learning disability, the other can read fairly well, but
> just doesn't bother to prove it with the usual and customary processes.
> The question for society is "What do we do with these two students?" This
> same scenario can be applied to disciplinary problems, math problems, on up
> the line. At some point we as a community must stop and say, Here is the
> line. Either achieve at this level or you don't go farther. The problem
> with this is who sets the level.
Another massive problem is created when 2% of a group is allowed to
proceed without meeting the stated requirements. An additional percentage
(20%?...80%?) notices they can slide by without doing the work, and there
is no way to force them to realize their potential.
Even if the parents want a child to toe the line, the child knows the
school won't care. When the school district creates an environment which
tolerates (and thereby encourages) unacceptable performance, the entire
system is rendered impotent.
Are we currently accepting this unfortunate scenario?
Robert Probasco rcp@uidaho.edu
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