MMSD board goals for 2006-2007

According to Johnny Winston, Jr.:

On June 19th the board held a “brainstorming session” to discuss future district directions. This included developing agenda items for the board and committees. For the ‘06-‘07 school year, the entire board will focus on: 1) Attendance, Dropouts, Truancy and Expulsions; 2) Budget Process; 3) Math & Literacy; and 4) Equity. Many items were discussed for committee agendas and the committees themselves will prioritize them

More than once in the last several weeks, I asked Carol Carstensen via e-mail whether she'd support a task force or pilot program to look at more effective reading programs than those used by the district, and she has not given me an answer.

Here is what I posted on May 26:

Carol Carstensen provided the third grade reading scores for students who had been in Reading Recovery in first grade. According to the 2003-04 WRCT results of former Reading Recovery students, only 57% scored at or above grade level, not 89% as Carol suggested in a comment. . . .

I suggested to Carol that it might be wise for the district to pilot a curriculum stressing systematic, direct, and explicit instruction, since Reading Recovery does little of those. A pilot would tell the board whether another curriculum would help students even more.

She'll probably say no way.

Her silence loudly says, "No way."

Posted by Ed Blume at July 8, 2006 10:51 AM
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