A commenter (must be new) writes...
"To all you CCUSD haters (including Watch) I have a question for you. Please do
some thorough research before you answer. If CCUSD is doing such a terrible job,
which district in our state would you sooner be more like? You must also be
willing to accept paying that disttict's [sic] tax rate and accept their school report
card scores"
One answer is Vail Unified. Spends less, pays teachers less, gets more money to the classroom, spends significantly less on administration, offers more rigor to its students, engages with the community, and performs just as well as Cave Creek Unified (better in math, same in reading, worse in writing on 2011 AIMS).
The true answer is practically every neighboring school in the area.
BTW, commenter, how are you enjoying GO Math! and Big Ideas Math?
CCUSD could be a high rigor district, but every time a teacher tries to hold standards a parent will complain and Admin pressures the teacher to lower their standards. Good teachers have been being chased away, and replaced with teachers that serve the public with high grades.
ReplyDeleteIf more parents pushed for rigor, CCUSD would be a better place. But the district is very reactive to the loud minority that insists on easy grades.
"As soon as we associate reading a book with taking a test, we’ve missed the point."
ReplyDelete- Seth Godin, Stop Stealing Dreams
http://www.sethgodin.com/sg/docs/StopStealingDreamsSCREEN.pdf
Mar 6, 2012 05:02 PM is spot on with his/her comments. Look at CSHS in the last 3 years. The administration is on a systematic purge of teachers that hold students accountable. They rewards teachers that allow their grading standards to be skewed.
ReplyDeleteNeed an example?
A recent social studies test consisted of 17 questions, 5 of whick were for extra credit. let's do the math, to get an A it would require 11/17 or 64.7%
The majority of teachers are trying to do the right thing and provide a quality education for their students. But, they are being manipulated with job security by administrators at both the district and school level who willingly being swayed by a small but vocal group of influential parents that deem homework as a direct interference with their childs after school dance or sports acivities.
maybe it's time for us to Occupy CCUSD?