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Jens 'n' Frens
Idle thoughts of a relatively libertarian Republican in Cambridge, MA, and whomever he invites. Mostly political.
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures."
-- Daniel Webster
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Monday, January 13, 2003 :::
Link from Kate Malcolm on a fellow who tried to teach in an inner-city school:
Ms. Savoy unexpectedly instituted a policy allowing teachers to ship their two or three most disruptive students to the computer lab to be warehoused and supervised by teachers’ aides. My classroom’s behavior and attentiveness improved dramatically for two weeks.
I was wondering if this wasn't the solution; perhaps a charter school should be started, teachers hired from nearby schools, and have the teachers bring with them the students they want; then dispense expulsions freely. [When I wrote this, I had in mind what is described in the second to last paragraph of the article. Not the second one mentioned, but the first; I'd like to think that kids who want to learn but have fallen behind or are just not that bright can be accommodated.] The kids who stay — the kids who want to stay — get a chance to learn. I know a public school teacher — in better environments than this, mind you — who opposes truancy laws, on the grounds that the kids who don't want to be there would cause less trouble out of the school than in. Requiring attendance at a special "school" (even if in name only), though, might enable them to cause less trouble than out.
::: posted by dWj at 4:12 PM
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