Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Helping ASW Out
Yesterday The Chalkboard weighed in on a curious op-ed piece in the NY Times by Teachers College professor Amy Stuart Wells. In addition to checking out the Reisenbach situation as an example of tough-minded accountability within the charter school movement, one reader suggested she could get a good look at the charter vs. underperforming neighborhood school phenomenon by hoofing it three blocks from the Ivory Tower. The reader writes:
Where else should ASW head for the inside scoop? Write us at Thechalkboard@nycsa.org.
I think she can make it the three blocks to KIPP Star to see what it's all
about. After that she can go next door to PS 125 to compare their 5th grade and
up thee blocks to the 6th grade at MS 172 Adam Clayton Powell for Law and Social
Justice (remind me to never allow a public school to be named after anyone I
love, it's a travesty to think of social justice as a place where 7% of 8th
graders can read on grade level). In all of one hour door-to-door from her
office, she'll have seen more than enough to get the point.
Where else should ASW head for the inside scoop? Write us at Thechalkboard@nycsa.org.
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