Thursday, January 26, 2006

 
Eva Joseph Says Albany Schools Are A-OK

Regarding this post from earlier in the month, Albany Supt. Eva Joseph has a bone to pick with Todd McKee. “I want to make this clear: we don’t have ‘an educational crisis.’ " She writes:

We have challenges regarding student behavior. But to confuse recent behavioral
incidents with "order," which is a structural matter, and conclude that
there is an "educational crisis," is an overstatement.

Joseph is shocked, saddened, and dismayed that anyone would think that this kind of stuff is symptomatic of a larger problem, and makes perfectly clear she doesn’t believe charter schools will offer anything better. When Legislators from around the state start touring Albany’s charter schools and public schools to look for these “structural” differences, will all of the schools look exactly the same? Note: Parents seem to disagree with Joseph’s pronouncement in droves. But they are just stupid parents, apparently.

 

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