A colleague sent me the attached story just this morning. It seems
that as
Duncan is calling for teachers to go into underperforming schools as
a way
to elevate student performance, he's discouraging teacher ed
programs from
encouraging students to go anywhere but high-SES schools.
Peter Smagorinsky
Professor of English Education
Department of Language and Literacy Education
The University of Georgia
125 Aderhold Hall
Athens, GA 30602
smago@uga.edu
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From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-
bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On
Behalf Of mike cole
Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2009 11:43 AM
To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
Subject: Re: [xmca] Obama's Learn Act
In lieu or in addition, Catherine?
I see nothing to celebrate in the current administration's educational
priorities. I do know that some on XMCA have been spending time in
Washington pushing for alternatives with apparently no success.
Perhaps the
failure of banks to lend, the difficulties of extricating ourselves
from
decades of disasterous foreign policies, and health care have
distracted
Obama from attending to this issue. On the other hand, perhaps he
"just
doesn't get it."
What would you like to discuss on this topic?
mike
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 7:51 AM, <cconnery@ithaca.edu> wrote:
Hi all,
In lieu of this thread, it might be interesting to see what Obama's
"secretary of education" has proposed for children birth-preK. The
new
"LEARN" act has been described as Bush's educational policy on
steroids.
Here is section 9 of the act:
SEC. 9. SUBGRANTS TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES IN SUPPORT OF BIRTH THROUGH
KINDERGARTEN ENTRY LITERACY.
(e) Local Uses of Funds-
(1) IN GENERAL- An eligible entity that receives a subgrant under
this
section shall use the subgrant funds consistent with the plan
proposed in
subsection (c) to carry out the following activities:
(C) SCREENING ASSESSMENTS AND MEASURES- Acquiring, providing
training for,
and implementing screening assessments or other appropriate
measures to
determine whether children from birth through kindergarten entry are
developing appropriate early language and literacy skills.
Cathrene
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