tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post8877797342695876044..comments2024-03-09T03:28:44.216-05:00Comments on Thoughts on Education Policy: A Fundraising Plan that Should've Stalled OutCorey Bunje Bowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09764159604965707919noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post-1247900547195534992009-12-16T18:23:36.348-05:002009-12-16T18:23:36.348-05:00For a less disruptive elementary school fundraisin...For a less disruptive elementary school fundraising effort, schools may want to consider the Adopt-A-Classroom program at www.adoptaclassroom.org. Teachers get various tools to reach out to their community and a way to receive donations through an online account. All schools across the country are listed - ones in Pittsburgh are at http://www.adoptaclassroom.org/adoption/LocatorCity.aspx?State=PA&City=Pittsburgh&Private=0&inter=0Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13732032603081768377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post-79263042886624203332009-12-02T20:55:08.788-05:002009-12-02T20:55:08.788-05:00Hi,
Full disclosure: I grew up in Pittsburgh and ...Hi,<br /><br />Full disclosure: I grew up in Pittsburgh and attended a Pittsburgh public school a mile or two from Carrick High School. I'm not a teacher and certainly not eager to tell people how to do their job (though I wonder how that principle applies to those who want to tell these teachers how to do their job :-). <br /><br />I agree that the question of discipline implications and hidden lessons is an important one. However, despite the provocative lead, it's clear from the text further down that the principal is allowing the teachers plenty of lattitude to set their own rules and maintain discipline. <br /><br />Also, the teachers chose the day - the day before christmas break, which, if it's anything like when I was a kid, is pretty much useless in terms of conventional education anyway. So maybe that's a good day for a game that teaches a hidden lesson.<br /><br />Here's the hidden lesson that I think you're really missing, and perhaps the most important - that the fundraising is for a "student service learning" club. Talk about teaching students to take responsibility for their own education!<br /><br />Plus, it teaches another hidden lesson, one that you may be a lot happier about when these kids are tax-paying citizens: that schools needing to raise funds to pay for learning interferes with actual learning!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5458172893016186479.post-52691482271487325462009-11-28T03:23:46.340-05:002009-11-28T03:23:46.340-05:00This is beyond ridiculous. After teaching in publ...This is beyond ridiculous. After teaching in public schools for several years at the middle school level, I am now in an private school. Students who don't work suffer the consequences of failing grades. No exceptions. The reality is that life involves failure (and requires the ability to learn from it) and if we don't allow our students to suffer the consequences of not working, we are simply delaying the pain - until it's too late and they become unemployed because they don't have the skills they need to make it in the work world.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02661543072663498364noreply@blogger.com