Comments on: Middle School Muddle: An outsized outrage — will middle schools become the land of the giants? http://insideschools.org/blog/2008/03/18/middle-school-muddle-an-outsized-outrage-will-middle-schools-become-the-land-of-the-giants/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:22:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Anonymous http://insideschools.org/blog/2008/03/18/middle-school-muddle-an-outsized-outrage-will-middle-schools-become-the-land-of-the-giants/#comment-176 Anonymous Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:44:00 +0000 http://insideschools.org/blog/2008/03/18/middle-school-muddle-an-outsized-outrage-will-middle-schools-become-the-land-of-the-giants/#comment-176 A great idea. As a parent of both high school and entering middle school girls, and a high school teacher, I think overage middle school students need a much different education. <br/><br/>My high school gets mostly overage 9th graders who score 2 and 1 on both 8th grade tests. What chance do these kids really have in large classes in large high school in "smaller learning communities" which have few or no sports, music or theater after school opportunities.<br/><br/>Is this an attempt to ruin pubic education for all who are "left behind?" A great idea. As a parent of both high school and entering middle school girls, and a high school teacher, I think overage middle school students need a much different education.

My high school gets mostly overage 9th graders who score 2 and 1 on both 8th grade tests. What chance do these kids really have in large classes in large high school in “smaller learning communities” which have few or no sports, music or theater after school opportunities.

Is this an attempt to ruin pubic education for all who are “left behind?”

]]> By: Vincent O Moh http://insideschools.org/blog/2008/03/18/middle-school-muddle-an-outsized-outrage-will-middle-schools-become-the-land-of-the-giants/#comment-157 Vincent O Moh Wed, 19 Mar 2008 07:45:00 +0000 http://insideschools.org/blog/2008/03/18/middle-school-muddle-an-outsized-outrage-will-middle-schools-become-the-land-of-the-giants/#comment-157 How about this - Do what is here: http://www.rjgeib.com/biography/inner-city-blues/high-school/high-school.html<br/><br/>" I am not suggesting that youngsters who cannot meet standards remain in middle school. If three years in an institution had little impact on their learning, a fourth is unlikely to either. Students who do not qualify for high school entrance should be offered two alternatives. The first would be the option to enroll in an accelerated program focusing on basic skills. Small, intensive classes would help students catch up, pass the entrance test and get on with their education.<br/><br/> The second option would be for students who have no interest, at least at the moment, in education. These 14-year-olds would be able to enroll in apprenticeship programs where they could learn job skills in a field of their choice. Attendance would be mandatory until they are 16, but once they demonstrate their worth to an employer, there would be no reason why they couldn't be paid as they learn. The option to go back for the accelerated program would always be open and from there the door to high school or community college."<br/><br/>- You could propose this to Bloomberg How about this - Do what is here: http://www.rjgeib.com/biography/inner-city-blues/high-school/high-school.html

” I am not suggesting that youngsters who cannot meet standards remain in middle school. If three years in an institution had little impact on their learning, a fourth is unlikely to either. Students who do not qualify for high school entrance should be offered two alternatives. The first would be the option to enroll in an accelerated program focusing on basic skills. Small, intensive classes would help students catch up, pass the entrance test and get on with their education.

The second option would be for students who have no interest, at least at the moment, in education. These 14-year-olds would be able to enroll in apprenticeship programs where they could learn job skills in a field of their choice. Attendance would be mandatory until they are 16, but once they demonstrate their worth to an employer, there would be no reason why they couldn’t be paid as they learn. The option to go back for the accelerated program would always be open and from there the door to high school or community college.”

- You could propose this to Bloomberg

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