http://www.eduwonk.com/2010/05/white-flag-policymaking.html Education News, Analysis, and Commentary Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:45:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://www.eduwonk.com/2010/05/white-flag-policymaking.html/comment-page-1#comment-200978 Jordan J Wed, 05 May 2010 01:08:28 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=6125#comment-200978 Although John may be correct in his assumption that school districts buy into the latest fad curriculum, it still does not mean that schools receive adequate funding. I agree that we must always be looking for smarter ways for schools to spend money, but they are still underfunded. This makes it really difficult for teachers and schools to help students catch up to their peers. Although John may be correct in his assumption that school districts buy into the latest fad curriculum, it still does not mean that schools receive adequate funding. I agree that we must always be looking for smarter ways for schools to spend money, but they are still underfunded. This makes it really difficult for teachers and schools to help students catch up to their peers.

]]> http://www.eduwonk.com/2010/05/white-flag-policymaking.html/comment-page-1#comment-200864 John Sena Tue, 04 May 2010 20:11:46 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/?p=6125#comment-200864 As an education reporter I heard teachers and administrators talk about how poor kids come enter school so far behind their wealthier peers, but never were they willing to make substantial changes to address the issue. And they always use a lack of resources as an excuse. One problem with that argument is that districts are constantly spending money on the newest fad curriculum while failing to make concrete changes. It's almost as if they realize that by trying to address the issues that poverty causes, they might expose the shortcomings of the current system, i.e. teacher quality, and therefore be expected to fix them. As an education reporter I heard teachers and administrators talk about how poor kids come enter school so far behind their wealthier peers, but never were they willing to make substantial changes to address the issue. And they always use a lack of resources as an excuse. One problem with that argument is that districts are constantly spending money on the newest fad curriculum while failing to make concrete changes. It’s almost as if they realize that by trying to address the issues that poverty causes, they might expose the shortcomings of the current system, i.e. teacher quality, and therefore be expected to fix them.

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