Comments on: Spin! Spin! Spin! The Failure of the High School Application Process http://www.edwize.org/spin-spin-spin-the-failure-of-the-high-school-application-process Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Chaz http://www.edwize.org/spin-spin-spin-the-failure-of-the-high-school-application-process/comment-page-1#comment-4713 Chaz Sat, 08 Apr 2006 01:05:37 +0000 http://edwize.org/spin-spin-spin-the-failure-of-the-high-school-application-process#comment-4713 Peter; Another excellent article. I could not agree more that the spin Kleinberg promotes is a misuse of the real facts. I'm glad you brought up the issue of dumping "not ready for promotion" eigth graders into the high schools and expect the high schools to graduate them. In my school the principal informed the staff that the big jump in freshmen double period math & english classes were due to these "not ready for promotion" eigth graders but were promoted anyway. These student have caused havoic in the school and are slowly dropping out or arrested for criminal activity. Peter, by the way many of your articles are insightful and clearly written and are school-based, unlike other article writers on Edwiz. However, I don't see Randi or the union going to the media with these important issues showing these DOE inconsistancies. In fact, the union appears more concerned with global rights than the rights of the students in the classroom. Peter;

Another excellent article. I could not agree more that the spin Kleinberg promotes is a misuse of the real facts.

I’m glad you brought up the issue of dumping “not ready for promotion” eigth graders into the high schools and expect the high schools to graduate them. In my school the principal informed the staff that the big jump in freshmen double period math & english classes were due to these “not ready for promotion” eigth graders but were promoted anyway. These student have caused havoic in the school and are slowly dropping out or arrested for criminal activity.

Peter, by the way many of your articles are insightful and clearly written and are school-based, unlike other article writers on Edwiz. However, I don’t see Randi or the union going to the media with these important issues showing these DOE inconsistancies. In fact, the union appears more concerned with global rights than the rights of the students in the classroom.

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