CSAPN is talking about education

[proud2BlibKansan]

Snow day (hooray!) so I am watching CSPAN. It's been good so far. The guest is Jack Jennings, the CEO of the Center on Education Policy. He said he doesn't think NCLB will be renewed because Congress is too busy dealing with the economy. He also said it's a bad law with unrealistic expectations and it's forced us to misinterpret test score data. He's also quoted statistics about poor progress of charter schools and child poverty in the US. And discipline problems in urban schools. All things we have discussed here.

The vast majority of the callers have made great comments, supporting teachers and a couple speaking out against funding wars better than schools. The only bad call was from a grandfather who said we need standards for teachers as well as for kids because his grandchild (who is 14) told him her teachers are stupid. Every other caller made a reasonable point.

Nice way to start the week. Plus a snow day is always a good day. :)

[BWCL]

1. great

good post, thanks for the info.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Nice to see the narrative might be changing

Welcome to DU :hi:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. recall what mark twais said about 14 yr olds.

Pity that gramps doesn't read, except for Sarah's book, or them magazines wit all dem pickters

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Was that the grandfather? What an idiot!

A 14 year old calls her teachers stupid - gee, like that has never happened before. LOL

[teacher gal]

5. Wow!

I'm so glad to read this. Thanks for posting it.

Will there be a transcript of the dialogue online perhaps?