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I'm sorry to say that after working on Oakland for 30+ yrs and observing the City machinations, political and education, I'm not hopeful for what OUSD does. They are this huge entrenched institution that is stuck on just keeping what it has. Now, almost every promising student that I'm aware of from Oakland went to private schools so there is serious brain drain going on. Even so, they have never struck me as particularly adept at teaching their students or improving their performance. Admittedly, not a scientific examination, purely anecdotal, but this is a message board, not a peer review process.

 

Making the wrong answers the right answers improves test scores. Spelling and grammar are the tools of the oppressor.

 

Pristine grammar is not the life value people on this forum might think it is.

 

Text messages and Internet forums are exempt from the strict rules of grammar. Winter rules apply.

 

You didn’t read the story, did ya?

Also, increasingly, middle class and upper class parents would answer your question with “by taking my kids to a charter, micro or home school.”

 

I thought the main conservative resistance to change from phonics was that some French socialist was the person behind the "new" reading method.

 

It’s Weaver’s characterization of himself, too. Hence the word “we.”

 

You got me, I wrote that before reading the article; then I read the article. Still not a fan of complaining.

 

School districts tend to buy curricula for many reasons - including teacher feedback.

 

I can live with that, I suppose. What I can't live with are the people who wear that lack of good grammar as a badge of honor.

 

The story as you know is not really about parents complaining. It’s about teachers coming clean: Yeah, we didn’t know what we were doing.

And I have no problem saying schools are indeed compensating for lousy parenting and/or a culture that no longer values good parenting. I think public schools need to cash out on all the social work/safety net stuff they do, and make schools excellent, strict environments for learning.