WCPSS Made The Front Page of The Washington Post - "In N.C., a new battle on school integration" (Apex: how much, lawyers)
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Of course the WP is not interested in what happens in Wake County. They have an agenda and this story fits nicely within their agenda.
For those that know more about the accredidation, why was the NAACP empowered to question the policy of the board? Are they over stepping their boundries and is the board within its rights to tell this independant organization to either stick to their charter of take a hike?
Lastly, please, where is the study that shows lower income kids being bussed to higher income area schools perform better that they would if they were kept in their neighborhood?
Are there any studies showing the neighborhood schools suffering as a result of bussing?
Accreditation involves a self study and that self study involves the community. The previous board probably included the NAACP as a community group supporting their efforts and it is fully consistent if they are withdrawing their support for the accreditation agency to investigate. No one puts a gun to a districts head and makes them sign on the dotted line to be accredited if you don't like their process drop out as Wake is considering doing. Who says it isn't within the charter of the accreditation agency to respond? Nor the NAACP as a advocacy group to advocate? They both are doing their thing.
Folks you need to understand the assessment process and the fact that the previous assessment involved a self study and community stake holders and the stated goals and objectives of the district and how they would be measured by the district. I provide the following link Accredited Schools | AdvancED
Have the goals of the schools changed over the last couple of years? Hmmmmm!
Are some of the community stake holders who signed on now questioning the system? Hmmmmm!
It is a self study of self developed goals and objectives so why wouldn't the AdvancED not want to revisit their seal of approval? The district/schools may well need to either undergo a new evaluation with new objectives or drop out since they may well have discarded the ones their current seal of approval was based on.
District leaders engaged in AdvancED District Accreditation will:
* Take stock of themselves in relation to a set of research based quality standards
* Establish a vision, assess their current reality, implement and improvement plan, monitor progress and evaluate results
* Enhance best thinking with the insights and perspectives of an external review team.
The point is that not everyone gets to vote for all of the board members, yet all of the board members make decisions for everyone. This is not truly a representative majority since in this particular system, you may only vote for a candidate based on where you LIVE and not necessarily where your children go to school.
That's the nature of a representative form of government. No different for the state legislature or the U.S. Congress. I may not like the outcome of some elections, but I respect them.
People you are missing one of the most important things about or absent from the article in the Post. It is the WASHINGTON POST and Tata came from Washington and other than mentioning his title in DC and his not returning calls there is nothing about his educational philosophy and his impact on instruction in DC. Does anyone in DC know who he is? Yes there are some a few and not all vendors. Are they school based? Community based? Education community based? What is the education administration track record he is bringing to the table as the new SUPERINTENDENT? Yes it has been documented that he orders a mean computer.
My impression is that his role in DC was very 'businesslike' and did not involved near the level of educational policy OR politicking that he is in for in his new job.
Good article by Michelle Rhee in Newsweek this month (just look for the cover), no mention of Tata in it.
My impression is that his role in DC was very 'businesslike' and did not involved near the level of educational policy OR politicking that he is in for in his new job.
Good article by Michelle Rhee in Newsweek this month (just look for the cover), no mention of Tata in it.
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