tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post3258414035503766993..comments2023-10-23T09:23:22.051-04:00Comments on Your Schools: CMS diplomas: Earned or given?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-34740980002289098612012-08-13T22:18:23.139-04:002012-08-13T22:18:23.139-04:009:21, I think there are 2 things to learn from thi...9:21, I think there are 2 things to learn from this. Spending more and more money is not the answer though most of the urban leaders believe it is. However, their judgement is clouded because all they know is income redistribution.<br /><br />Second, the urban culture is not compatible with educational and modern society success. So until the value system is changed, increased success is minimal. As we have seen in most cases, this improvement is a game of numbers and adjustments. Those that have broken out, is because they have decided that their success is up to them as it should be. The current government programs are nothing more than getting more and more "hooked on" this drug stronger than crack cocaine, government entitlement.<br /><br />In conclusion, this analogy may tell the story. We all believed that those in poverty needed a hand up to help them up this hill of society. The thought was they were willing and just needed the little boost. Most of us grew up technically in poverty but it has become a mindset of excuses due to the elitists and liberal thinkers of the last few decades. So now it seems to be the case of pulling/dragging them up the hill, they simply were not trying and expected it to be brought to them. But much like, you can lead a horse to water but you can not make it drink, our sleazy politicians have made it too lucrative to not be part of the productive class. Thus we have no other mechanism to make the horse "thirsty". So now as we have seen with the public demonstrations upon the school closing issues last year, not only do they fight being carried, they want it only their way. So as a past superintendent Dr. Murphy learned, they were going to insist on their right to do as they wish, students out till 3 or 4 in the mornings of school days and suffer no consequences.<br /><br />Bill Stevensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-74240122402422484252012-08-13T22:11:30.837-04:002012-08-13T22:11:30.837-04:00In the real world this would really be a funny art...In the real world this would really be a funny article because we would all know this is rediculous. I find it amazing that this is the actual real world we live in. Diplomas to kids who skip 20% of classes? In what world would that type of attendance allow them to keep their jobs? Entitlement mentality has taken over.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-27504505954531928802012-08-13T21:21:30.213-04:002012-08-13T21:21:30.213-04:00How can it be given?
We are spending over $50,000...How can it be given?<br /><br />We are spending over $50,000 for a student to graduate from West Charlotte in 4 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-38761504604854114032012-08-13T19:30:17.350-04:002012-08-13T19:30:17.350-04:00I have had a middle school parent do her child'...I have had a middle school parent do her child's work and not understand why I would not grade it. Thank you for posting this. There are policies set without teacher input it seems that require us to question our ethics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-17527075305550196702012-08-13T18:46:38.187-04:002012-08-13T18:46:38.187-04:00High school graduation requirements
http://www.nc...High school graduation requirements<br /><br />http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/curriculum/home/graduationrequirements.pdf (Also notice there is a Core track and an Occupational track and CMS does not recognize it.)<br /><br />NC only requires 22 hours for an NC high school diploma. LEA's have the right to add more requirements as they see fit. As Ann said, this was a big source of contention in this community in 2009 when certain school board members campaigned for lowering the hours for graduation so students would be less likely to drop out if they failed a course, which of course had unofficially been halted anyway. So as we see this phenomenon ever increasing at CMS, City of Charlotte and NC motto, "to seem rather than to be". So instead of graduating a world ready student (theoretically), it was deemed more important to get CMS's graduation rate up so as to look better than other urban districts and get higher consideration for the Broad Awards.<br /><br />CMS's high school diplomas should come with a big asterisk on them anyway. So much science, history, social studies, etc. has been cut over the years to spend more time cajoling students to read that CMS's high school diploma means almost nothing coming from certain high schools.<br /><br />Another poster is correct in that it is CMS's ivory tower and adminstrators that need the racist training because they are the ones who have already lowered the expectations of the urban students. Anyone with a little bit of common sense knows that students will perform to the level of expectation. The one caveat to that thinking now is they will only perform to the level that does not get their government checks cut off. And we all know that will not happen. Ha, accountability from the government! What a joke! Administrators do not even fill out the paperwork when a student drops out to pull their drivers license.Bill Stevensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-83899836801636529112012-08-13T18:42:36.232-04:002012-08-13T18:42:36.232-04:00Here's an "extra Credit" plan. Take...Here's an "extra Credit" plan. Take any or all if you like assignments that weren't done, and DO THEM! Why are teachers being asked to make even mre work that isn't being done. Just give them the assignment again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-15752513948738580032012-08-13T18:26:51.253-04:002012-08-13T18:26:51.253-04:00Ask about APEX. I understand that it is used as cr...Ask about APEX. I understand that it is used as credit recovery. The F still shows up on the transcript, but they get the credit needed to graduate. APEX can be done all at once, with books, one could google the information or have a friend/parent sit next to you or do it for you! It is done at home. This could be good if it measured actual learning, but the way it is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-76422624085854834772012-08-13T18:22:54.977-04:002012-08-13T18:22:54.977-04:006:06, I'm adding it to my to-do list.6:06, I'm adding it to my to-do list.Ann Doss Helmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03511764376105157616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-90185360444287388862012-08-13T18:06:30.449-04:002012-08-13T18:06:30.449-04:00Ann, how about doing a hard-hitting expose on the ...Ann, how about doing a hard-hitting expose on the policy that teachers can only give a 50%? CMS deserves to squirm under hard ball questions.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-75202869778772344322012-08-13T18:05:39.072-04:002012-08-13T18:05:39.072-04:00Christine, we wrote a lot about this in 2009, when...Christine, we wrote a lot about this in 2009, when the board took this vote. Idea was to avoid denying students a diploma based on number of credits that might not mean a lot. All kids still have to meet the basic requirements. Kids headed for four-year universities will still need to rack up 32 credits (passing all classes all four years) or something pretty close to that. I think you can find grad requirements on CMS web site.Ann Doss Helmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03511764376105157616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-86874311838124244582012-08-13T18:02:39.926-04:002012-08-13T18:02:39.926-04:0012:26, I asked if principals get bonuses based on ...12:26, I asked if principals get bonuses based on graduation rates or any other measure of student achievement. The answer was no (except, I believe, principals were eligible along with other staff for some performance-based bonuses through the federal TIF-LEAP pilot, which ends this year).<br /><br />If I understand it right, the premise of the questions was that CMS was using bonuses to motivate principals to boost their graduation rates. The absence of bonuses doesn't mean principals are not under pressure to boost the rates, and I think most people would say rising rates are a good thing. The question remains: How do they do it?Ann Doss Helmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03511764376105157616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-63518083334958326722012-08-13T18:01:23.694-04:002012-08-13T18:01:23.694-04:00I'm obviously coming late to this party... why...I'm obviously coming late to this party... why is CMS lowering the graduation credits from 28 to 24?<br /><br />Only because they can?Christine Mastnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-78417554648726932472012-08-13T17:46:34.390-04:002012-08-13T17:46:34.390-04:00First, I hope that the "source" is now s...First, I hope that the "source" is now safely in another district. Secondly, Anon 12:03 is spot on.<br />Thirdly, with the hope that the "urban" middle and high schools have many resource officers standing by...teachers are gong to be challenged to teach the students HOW to learn for leaarning sake rather than for grades. We are going to be challenged to be "Edutainers" and find ways to connect our content to THEIR realities. For those students who are "High", Stoned or psychotic due to environmental issues and CHOOSE to cause disruptions, regardless of multiple attempts to bring them aboard....video their actions and call the resource officers. Now raise you hand IF YOU wish to become a teacher.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-46294923952961961072012-08-13T17:29:37.231-04:002012-08-13T17:29:37.231-04:00LaTarza is a lost cause. She is along for the rid...LaTarza is a lost cause. She is along for the ride as long as it can last and she can milk the taxpayers just like EES, Denise, and Kojo. And don't try to convince me that CMS is not paying Kojo under the table somehow just like they did for Swann for so long. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-57624300722873419162012-08-13T17:27:37.351-04:002012-08-13T17:27:37.351-04:00This issue of only being allowed to assign a 50% r...This issue of only being allowed to assign a 50% regardless of quality or quantity of work is a travesty. What I don't understand is why this isn't on the front page of the Observer in screaming headlines! Why isn't this being discussed throughout the community? Most importantly: how on Earth does that stupidity prepare kids for the adult world???<br /><br />How many companies would be willing to pay an employee 50% of his or her pay even if no work was done??? Yeah....I thought so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-38809157936102375862012-08-13T17:03:56.500-04:002012-08-13T17:03:56.500-04:00The communications department nazi patrol is alrea...The communications department nazi patrol is already on the case looking at all those emails to pinpoint this teacher. They however wanted you to pay for the EES emails.<br /><br />WAKE UP LaTARZAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-47344306049586011822012-08-13T15:25:24.442-04:002012-08-13T15:25:24.442-04:00I don't know all the answers to this problem, ...I don't know all the answers to this problem, but I do know that teachers spend far too much time trying to keep order in the classroom, time that they can't spend teaching.<br /><br />When I was in high school, I remember in Latin class a big football player sassing the teacher. Mr. Lutz went to the next classroom and got that teacher to step into the hall to witness the discipline. He then took the football player out there, had him grab his ankles, and applied the board of education to the seat of learning.<br /><br />That young man came back into the classroom with tears running down his cheeks. He was very quiet and respectful after that. I'm sure the experience helped his grade, too, because he was actually paying attention.<br /><br />These days Mr Lutz would probably do time for assaulting that student. <br /><br />The root of most of the problems in the classroom is discipline. Solve that problem and the rest become much easier to deal with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-66553509033045893672012-08-13T15:20:17.581-04:002012-08-13T15:20:17.581-04:00So Dr M...are you getting the point? It is not th...So Dr M...are you getting the point? It is not the teachers who are racist (not treating everyone equal). I suggest that only admin and up take the Professional Development for racists. Apparently they are the ones who think people of color are incapable of playing on a level playing field. Not the teachers. 1965 is 2 generations ago, almost 50 years. If special training, etc. and exceptions haven't made a difference in all that time, why do you think one more training session will do the trick?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-22028259041912416942012-08-13T14:48:30.415-04:002012-08-13T14:48:30.415-04:00Children shouldn't experience any conseaquence...Children shouldn't experience any conseaquences for their behavior until they're old enough to be put in jail.<br /><br />Let it be a surprise...<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-89627632006819017802012-08-13T14:41:02.734-04:002012-08-13T14:41:02.734-04:00See LTE today by Barry Marshall. It is spot on!
...<br />See LTE today by Barry Marshall. It is spot on!<br /><br />Much government assistance while nobel in its beginning, has become the most addictive drug with no cure and politicans standing on the street "pushing" the addiction for votes.Bill Stevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-62287052794255851972012-08-13T14:22:36.681-04:002012-08-13T14:22:36.681-04:00Thanks so much for all this reporting on the reali...Thanks so much for all this reporting on the realities of schools in Charlotte.<br /><br />Nothing grows our home values here in Union County like the truth about CMS getting published.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-80825279878534886132012-08-13T14:12:52.012-04:002012-08-13T14:12:52.012-04:00Caryn Long,
No Child Left Behind isn't the pr...Caryn Long,<br /><br />No Child Left Behind isn't the problem... NCLB was an attempt, successful or not, at trying to fix the problems that already long existed in public education... social promotion.<br /><br />There have to be objective standards to measure both student and teacher performance. We all have them in our jobs. It's part of real life. The problem is that schools simply chose to cheat on the standards rather than work to meet them!<br /><br />Blaming NCLB is like blaming radar guns for speeding! Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-2748685464557676302012-08-13T14:04:26.264-04:002012-08-13T14:04:26.264-04:00Ann, while I understand the need to backup what yo...Ann, while I understand the need to backup what you are reporting, I'm afraid you've likely published more than enough of the email exchange verbatim to make it very easy for CMS to identify and retaliate against your source.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-32108476788819701532012-08-13T13:54:17.594-04:002012-08-13T13:54:17.594-04:001:29, you are correct but I think it is already ha...1:29, you are correct but I think it is already happening. But I think it is happening with most all urban districts already. <br /><br />Somehow what we know for a fact and what Dr. Morrison says that CMS is "good" already, does not jive. Bill Stevensnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4020455191286536580.post-23473739772063870832012-08-13T13:51:53.849-04:002012-08-13T13:51:53.849-04:00Recall too that last year, 1200 of the 1600 CMS gr...Recall too that last year, 1200 of the 1600 CMS graduates that applied to CPCC were required to take one or more remedial courses before they could start earning college credit. <br /><br />And Wiley you are right too about CMS's graduation rate will probably jump next year because the credits to gradute will go down. I am sure LIFT will take all the credit that can.<br /><br />Lastly, while it is not well known, you can essentially skip CMS after the age of 16, go to CPCC and get your CMS high school diploma. I thought all you could get was a GED or maybe an NC high school diploma but a coworker had their son do it so they would not be in a CMS high school any longer than possible.Bill Stevensnoreply@blogger.com