Comments on: CTT and the Class Size Swindle http://www.edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Parent with a child going into CTT http://www.edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle/comment-page-1#comment-67658 Parent with a child going into CTT Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:36:31 +0000 http://edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle#comment-67658 To speak on the comment above me. Your statement is completely ignorant. To put emphasis on the fact of being American and that special needs children should be group together in a different school with foreigners just to get extra attention is ludacris. I have a child with special needs who needs special serices such as speech therapy and he deserves the same qulity education as your child. Education shouldn't be a Zoo where people are to be grouped like different breeds in different buildings. In fact, each child should be entilted to the same education. It is sad that parents like yourself are so ignorant to the fact that people who may very likely be your bosses also had some special needs at some point in their life. Not to mention you stressed being American my son and I are also American and I pay the same taxes as you if not more and am pleased that my son will have an opportunity and a place in a "mainstream school" as you like to put it. Because all children with special needs are not the same. Maybe before you comment, you should take the time evaluate yourself because with that attitude you seem to possibly also have a special need... counseling which is also a service they offer! Sorry to say people like you exist.. I also hope you are not still breeding, because you never know if any of your future children will need the same service. Maybe then you will see it differently! To speak on the comment above me. Your statement is completely ignorant. To put emphasis on the fact of being American and that special needs children should be group together in a different school with foreigners just to get extra attention is ludacris. I have a child with special needs who needs special serices such as speech therapy and he deserves the same qulity education as your child. Education shouldn’t be a Zoo where people are to be grouped like different breeds in different buildings. In fact, each child should be entilted to the same education. It is sad that parents like yourself are so ignorant to the fact that people who may very likely be your bosses also had some special needs at some point in their life. Not to mention you stressed being American my son and I are also American and I pay the same taxes as you if not more and am pleased that my son will have an opportunity and a place in a “mainstream school” as you like to put it. Because all children with special needs are not the same. Maybe before you comment, you should take the time evaluate yourself because with that attitude you seem to possibly also have a special need… counseling which is also a service they offer! Sorry to say people like you exist.. I also hope you are not still breeding, because you never know if any of your future children will need the same service. Maybe then you will see it differently!

]]> By: NYC Parent http://www.edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle/comment-page-1#comment-67602 NYC Parent Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:13:59 +0000 http://edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle#comment-67602 Hello, adding to comment above to me it sounds like DOE has a science project and wants to use our children as the experiment, I dont think so. Best thing to do here is make new schools and put your (IEP) and (children from other countries) in the same school for that extra attention. I dont see no need to put mainstream American children in these classes to help out. Also to me it sounds like some teachers need jobs but with no new schools they have to make due by putting 2 teachers per classroom to make up for that budget allowance. So please spare the BS. lol 228 mil for class reduction compared to the over populated schools just doesnt make sense. Take 1/2 of the 228 mil and teach the children English before putting them into mainstream schooling. Hello, adding to comment above to me it sounds like DOE has a science project and wants to use our children as the experiment, I dont think so. Best thing to do here is make new schools and put your (IEP) and (children from other countries) in the same school for that extra attention. I dont see no need to put mainstream American children in these classes to help out. Also to me it sounds like some teachers need jobs but with no new schools they have to make due by putting 2 teachers per classroom to make up for that budget allowance. So please spare the BS. lol 228 mil for class reduction compared to the over populated schools just doesnt make sense. Take 1/2 of the 228 mil and teach the children English before putting them into mainstream schooling.

]]> By: NYC teacher http://www.edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle/comment-page-1#comment-67103 NYC teacher Tue, 11 May 2010 01:47:21 +0000 http://edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle#comment-67103 If you have never seen this done then you should not be so negative on the subject. Please give this a chance and see for yourself what a CTT class can do for children! If the teachers are trained properly and the class is run correctly, everyone in the room will benefit from having two teachers. The class ratio in the lower grades is still 12:1. The benefit is most lessons are taught on two rugs in groups of 12 students to one teacher. This gives the teacher a smaller group to work with and give more individual attention to the students! The Special Needs students will learn many things from the General Ed students and vice versa. They learn academics next to each other and teach each other how to get along in groups with people or children that are not the same as you. It sounds to me, after reading some of these comments that the authors needed to be exposed to some Special Needs friends in their lives and be more excepting of other people. The big picture is that no, it does not really help reduce class size but it gives many opportunities to students-spec ed and general ed. If you have never seen this done then you should not be so negative on the subject. Please give this a chance and see for yourself what a CTT class can do for children! If the teachers are trained properly and the class is run correctly, everyone in the room will benefit from having two teachers. The class ratio in the lower grades is still 12:1. The benefit is most lessons are taught on two rugs in groups of 12 students to one teacher. This gives the teacher a smaller group to work with and give more individual attention to the students! The Special Needs students will learn many things from the General Ed students and vice versa. They learn academics next to each other and teach each other how to get along in groups with people or children that are not the same as you. It sounds to me, after reading some of these comments that the authors needed to be exposed to some Special Needs friends in their lives and be more excepting of other people.

The big picture is that no, it does not really help reduce class size but it gives many opportunities to students-spec ed and general ed.

]]> By: Damaris http://www.edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle/comment-page-1#comment-66625 Damaris Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:41:44 +0000 http://edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle#comment-66625 what are my rights as a parent when the school place a student from regular class into the ctt class without notification? Please advise. what are my rights as a parent when the school place a student from regular class into the ctt class without notification? Please advise.

]]> By: Mike http://www.edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle/comment-page-1#comment-66605 Mike Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:55:49 +0000 http://edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle#comment-66605 Bureaucrats sending their kids to private school,s use general ed students as cannon fodder for their experiments by putting them in CTT Bureaucrats sending their kids to private school,s use general ed students as cannon fodder for their experiments by putting them in CTT

]]> By: John McGrath http://www.edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle/comment-page-1#comment-66580 John McGrath Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:23:34 +0000 http://edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle#comment-66580 Can anyone tell me what chancellor or other regulation governs placement of non-disabled children into CTT classes. Thanks. Can anyone tell me what chancellor or other regulation governs placement of non-disabled children into CTT classes. Thanks.

]]> By: gypsy http://www.edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle/comment-page-1#comment-66509 gypsy Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:14:20 +0000 http://edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle#comment-66509 I think you people are playing with the lives of these children my grandson was put into a ctt program taken from a regular class ......he went totally down hill being in this class ...how dare you people think you have the right to take regular children and put them with special ed children ....would you put your child who does well into this program or is everyones elses child your testers think people........... I think you people are playing with the lives of these children my grandson was put into a ctt program taken from a regular class ……he went totally down hill being in this class …how dare you people think you have the right to take regular children and put them with special ed children ….would you put your child who does well into this program or is everyones elses child your testers think people………..

]]> By: Klein Opposition Mounting–Rhee and Others Should Pay Attention « Extra Credit http://www.edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle/comment-page-1#comment-62152 Klein Opposition Mounting–Rhee and Others Should Pay Attention « Extra Credit Wed, 01 Aug 2007 11:07:13 +0000 http://edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle#comment-62152 [...] going in New York schools, but it seems to me when The City Journal, Diane Ravitch, Deborah Meier, Edwize, and my step-father all agree, it is worth paying attention. And they all have huge beef with Joel [...] [...] going in New York schools, but it seems to me when The City Journal, Diane Ravitch, Deborah Meier, Edwize, and my step-father all agree, it is worth paying attention. And they all have huge beef with Joel [...]

]]> By: Geof Sorkin http://www.edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle/comment-page-1#comment-61974 Geof Sorkin Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:28:09 +0000 http://edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle#comment-61974 Once again the NYC DOE falls short with reducing class sizes. It's a shame considering all of the effort that went into the CFE. With a steady increase in student enrollment, one of the things that the DOE needs to immediately concentrate on is building new schools. It's a shame that there's nothing in the city's Contract For Excellence about that. Once again the NYC DOE falls short with reducing class sizes. It’s a shame considering all of the effort that went into the CFE.

With a steady increase in student enrollment, one of the things that the DOE needs to immediately concentrate on is building new schools. It’s a shame that there’s nothing in the city’s Contract For Excellence about that.

]]> By: Class size reduction? « JD2718 http://www.edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle/comment-page-1#comment-61811 Class size reduction? « JD2718 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:51:30 +0000 http://edwize.org/ctt-and-the-class-size-swindle#comment-61811 [...] and sundry. But is it class-size reduction? Nah. Others have described it better (try here or here or here or here - rollover for names). Nothing on class size. Read it, or trust me, your call. They [...] [...] and sundry. But is it class-size reduction? Nah. Others have described it better (try here or here or here or here – rollover for names). Nothing on class size. Read it, or trust me, your call. They [...]

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