http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/02/in-ed-i-trust.html Technology, leadership, and the future of schools Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2008/02/in-ed-i-trust.html/comment-page-1#comment-13425 Charlie A. Roy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://annahein.com/2008/02/in-ed-i-trust.html#comment-13425 Love the post. I am very interested in the effects of the "pitty parties" you mention. Although I work in a private school where the majority of our students come very well prepared we still practice tracking by sending students into three different lanes: honors, regular, and modified. As a teacher before becoming the principal I have always wondered if these students in the modified sections live down to the expectations the teachers carry for them. It seems it is a paradigm shift. Either we work from the philosophy and belief that all children can learn or we work from the camp that we are limited in our attainable goals by our socioeconomic status or test scores. Love the post. I am very interested in the effects of the “pitty parties” you mention. Although I work in a private school where the majority of our students come very well prepared we still practice tracking by sending students into three different lanes: honors, regular, and modified. As a teacher before becoming the principal I have always wondered if these students in the modified sections live down to the expectations the teachers carry for them. It seems it is a paradigm shift. Either we work from the philosophy and belief that all children can learn or we work from the camp that we are limited in our attainable goals by our socioeconomic status or test scores.

]]>