Thursday, May 04, 2006
What's In a Name?
Not only should we have a moratorium on naming schools after people (see the JFK disgrace below) we should probably think twice about naming schools after specific subject matters if we have no intention of actually teaching that subject. Someone circulate a petition or something.
Today's NY Daily News notes that at six of the 11 city middle schools that have the word "science" in their official name, a majority of eighth graders flunked the state science exam. And it's not just science. At the Bronx Writing Academy, more than 80% of eighth graders failed the English Language Arts Exam.
"Parents should be aware that the name of the school doesn't necessarily match up with what a school is teaching," warned Clara Hemphill of insideschools.org. "A lot of these schools have a theme and not much to back it up."
Good grief.
Today's NY Daily News notes that at six of the 11 city middle schools that have the word "science" in their official name, a majority of eighth graders flunked the state science exam. And it's not just science. At the Bronx Writing Academy, more than 80% of eighth graders failed the English Language Arts Exam.
"Parents should be aware that the name of the school doesn't necessarily match up with what a school is teaching," warned Clara Hemphill of insideschools.org. "A lot of these schools have a theme and not much to back it up."
Good grief.
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