Lotsa good comments on this Joanne Jacobs post about merit pay for teachers. Maybe if the good teachers got paid well enough, they wouldn't have to strip kids to find $10.
How are we going to convince kids that it's fair for us to take away all the sweets from their school vending machines when Mom is downing one of these every morning?
Um, honey, we may want to keep the kids away from the "bunny trails" this week.
Dan Flynn says, "Return the money!" It won't make everything OK again, but it would be a start.
What's wrong with American high schools, you ask? Erin O'Connor and her commenters answer.
Daryl C - like, fer sure, dude! - finds a homeschooling article that's not only positive but reveals that homeschooled kids actually appear normal, too. And can you believe that a recent study suggests over a third of college admin officers still think that homeschooled kids aren't "socialized" enough for college? Yeeks.
Posted by kswygert at January 10, 2005 07:58 PM