tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post271871696440211830..comments2024-03-14T13:50:26.981-04:00Comments on Chaz's School Daze: Why Schools Fail. The Answer Is The "Broken Window" Theory.Chazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09964739497720364749noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-58419385635948984382014-03-19T14:45:18.517-04:002014-03-19T14:45:18.517-04:00I agree with Ed Notes statement the crux is the co...I agree with Ed Notes statement the crux is the corrupt leadership from tweed to the deed of the Principals and AP's. The school I was excessed from had the chronic illness of the broken window syndrome. The last year there my physical safety was threatened several times and I was assaulted by a high school student from a co located school. The level of administrative bullying and intimidation fell on the deaf ears of the new chapter leader.Gladys Sotomayorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05688992742527533886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-82431620231673213932012-03-06T16:32:22.282-05:002012-03-06T16:32:22.282-05:00I think school fail for socio-economic reasons and...I think school fail for socio-economic reasons and it is cheaper to throw a couple of billion on "development", "data analysis" and "professional development" than it is put a dent into the actual solving of poverty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-88638615512487411192012-03-05T00:55:04.684-05:002012-03-05T00:55:04.684-05:00Chaz
We should not automatically accept the DOE...Chaz<br />We should not automatically accept the DOE's branding a school as a failure. Many schools should not have been closed and were not in fact failing schools by rational definitions. What you describe is a failure of leadership.ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-6323658002475106102012-03-04T21:20:49.927-05:002012-03-04T21:20:49.927-05:00The students in my school curse at teachers consta...The students in my school curse at teachers constantly, walk into classes late, and take out their cell phones whenever they feel like it. If I spent the amount of time that it would really take to stop these incidents I would never get around to teaching anything. My school thankfully does support its teachers and punish the students but because we are a small school there is no where else for the students to go and they are back in my class raising hell for another day. Why is it my fault that a student refuses to do any work and only comes to class to disrupt everyone else. If I wanted to police people I would have been a cop and if I wanted to deal with babies I would run a day care center. That is all I am anyway as a high school teacher - a glorified babysitter and cop. It used to be fun - it isn't anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20674128.post-84019812383210619142012-03-04T20:35:04.993-05:002012-03-04T20:35:04.993-05:00When I first started teaching, our principal was p...When I first started teaching, our principal was proud of the fact that our school had the most suspensions of any school in the borough. <br />He said that this meant that we were actually disciplining students, and creating a betteer academic climate.<br />I felt proud to be teaching there.<br /> Fast forward to a new principal last term, when a student that I caught red-handed commiting a crime that should have been reported to the police, even got his suspension recinded, because his mother came down and complained.<br />As I got written up twice for not having control of my class, allowing the student to commit the crime, I was told that if they reported the crime to the police, the school would be in danger of being closed.<br />I realized that I was in a no-win situation- if I reported a student, I'd get written up; if I didn't report a crime, the students would keep doing it, because they knew they could get away with it, and I'd eventually get an ineffective rating, because the kids wouldn't behave anymore, so I quit.<br />As it turned out, the school is closing anyway, and the principal is being replaced.<br />What a joke...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com