Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Thursday will be very busy. Senator Lincoln has a press briefing at 10:30. At 11, David Sanders from the Stephens Media Group is on hand at 11, and he is highly irate over my Monday column on ethics. Sparks will fly.
Republican AG candidate Gunner DeLay has to cancel. He will be on soon.
There is news about the Little Rock Marathon Thursday and Friday morning.
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GOP Cheer Leader Captain; Arkansas Media Group, continues to feature one of its junior members, David Sanders. Sanders inane writing is featured in newspapers throughout Arkansas twice weekly.
In the Feb. 15 Pine Bluff Commercial, Sanders trumpets the 'miracle' of Charter Schools. However, even a cursory review of the research on charter schools clearly indicates the verdict on charter schools is still out. In fact, the most recent evidence suggests that when outside variables(e.g.,parental income levels,education levels, prior PTA involvement,etc.) are equalized: (Oh no! Tell me it's not true!) charter schools are less effective! Even Sanders own news group reported:
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By David Robinson
Arkansas News Bureau
LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas' education chief cautioned parents of charter school students not to rush to judgment in light of a national report this week that says charter schools are showing worse results than traditional public schools.
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Even his Arkansas Times inspired article on Osceola's Academy of Excellence ignores the fact the school's performance is not superior.
The Times article cautions about the plummeting performance of higher level students at the charter school should provoke concern. This finding follows that of charter schools throughout the country:
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Those who support two of the more controversial alternatives to the public school system as a means of helping students from poor backgrounds catch up with middle-class contemporaries received some disturbing news the other day, including a preliminary blow to the conservative cause for vouchers.
First it was reported that in measuring the achievement of fourth-graders from poor areas in charter schools against those from similar backgrounds in regular public institutions, the traditional-school children did better, considerably better.
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Cheerleading without even the minimal balance is great for the hometeam but rather inappropriate for journalistic enterprises....don't you think?
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In the Feb. 15 Pine Bluff Commercial, Sanders trumpets the 'miracle' of Charter Schools. However, even a cursory review of the research on charter schools clearly indicates the verdict on charter schools is still out. In fact, the most recent evidence suggests that when outside variables(e.g.,parental income levels,education levels, prior PTA involvement,etc.) are equalized: (Oh no! Tell me it's not true!) charter schools are less effective! Even Sanders own news group reported:
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By David Robinson
Arkansas News Bureau
LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas' education chief cautioned parents of charter school students not to rush to judgment in light of a national report this week that says charter schools are showing worse results than traditional public schools.
____________________________________________________________________
Even his Arkansas Times inspired article on Osceola's Academy of Excellence ignores the fact the school's performance is not superior.
The Times article cautions about the plummeting performance of higher level students at the charter school should provoke concern. This finding follows that of charter schools throughout the country:
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Those who support two of the more controversial alternatives to the public school system as a means of helping students from poor backgrounds catch up with middle-class contemporaries received some disturbing news the other day, including a preliminary blow to the conservative cause for vouchers.
First it was reported that in measuring the achievement of fourth-graders from poor areas in charter schools against those from similar backgrounds in regular public institutions, the traditional-school children did better, considerably better.
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Cheerleading without even the minimal balance is great for the hometeam but rather inappropriate for journalistic enterprises....don't you think?
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