Comments on: Rick Hess Not Feeling “Emotionally Safe” about Admin Proposal http://www.eduwonk.com/2010/02/rick-hess-not-feeling-emotionally-safe-about-admin-proposal.html Education News, Analysis, and Commentary Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:45:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Deborah Meier http://www.eduwonk.com/2010/02/rick-hess-not-feeling-emotionally-safe-about-admin-proposal.html/comment-page-1#comment-208043 Deborah Meier Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:16:37 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=5628#comment-208043 I'd say safety is a critical standard and usually is number ONE on parent's list of what matters. Would any of you send your kids to a school that's not considered "safe". Of course, it's as hard to define as anything else of importance and can't be measured by a test. If we must judge--and probably we must--then we have no choice but to concern ourselves with plain ordinary safety at school. Ate the adults aware o whether the kids are safe and do they do something about it that makes it safe??? Come on, Sara, it's probably one of the biggest reasons many flee public schools. Deborah Meier I’d say safety is a critical standard and usually is number ONE on parent’s list of what matters. Would any of you send your kids to a school that’s not considered “safe”. Of course, it’s as hard to define as anything else of importance and can’t be measured by a test. If we must judge–and probably we must–then we have no choice but to concern ourselves with plain ordinary safety at school. Ate the adults aware o whether the kids are safe and do they do something about it that makes it safe??? Come on, Sara, it’s probably one of the biggest reasons many flee public schools.

Deborah Meier

]]> By: Texas Ed http://www.eduwonk.com/2010/02/rick-hess-not-feeling-emotionally-safe-about-admin-proposal.html/comment-page-1#comment-157873 Texas Ed Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:23:43 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=5628#comment-157873 Inputs have gotten lost in the shuffle. Im working on a report for our legislature right now that shows that schools serving poor students either don't get their share in terms of either dollars or well-prepared, well-qualified teachers and administrators who remain at a school for any extended period of time. I guess its just better to use the hammer of accountability and cherry-picking the 10 schools across the country that beat the odds rather than looking systemically at how the focus on outputs has blinded us to the savage inequalities that still exist. Inputs have gotten lost in the shuffle. Im working on a report for our legislature right now that shows that schools serving poor students either don’t get their share in terms of either dollars or well-prepared, well-qualified teachers and administrators who remain at a school for any extended period of time. I guess its just better to use the hammer of accountability and cherry-picking the 10 schools across the country that beat the odds rather than looking systemically at how the focus on outputs has blinded us to the savage inequalities that still exist.

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