tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post8664417777800788792..comments2024-03-08T00:17:09.224-08:00Comments on The Daily Grind: Money ain't a thing.Mr. McNamarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062641578010808106noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-53710102160709275692010-11-30T23:32:06.458-08:002010-11-30T23:32:06.458-08:00IMT- Ghaziabad is one of the premier B- School of ...IMT- Ghaziabad is one of the premier B- School of the country and running full time /part time/ Distance Learning Programme from last 24 years.IMT - CDL Noidahttp://www.imtnoida.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-46285698154461696742010-11-21T17:09:28.778-08:002010-11-21T17:09:28.778-08:00I think in order to make sense of the data,you wou...I think in order to make sense of the data,you would also have to take into account how the money is allocated. The percent of special education students would need to be taken into account for one. (Thus a school may average $11,000 per student but if the cost for special education is $30,000 for one student, the money spent on the "average" student is a lot less. How current is the technology? How much money is spent on resources? Does this come from the general education budget or another line item in a different budget.<br />Also, the climate of the school will play a critical role in student achievement. If the students and the teachers do not believe then the school is bound to fail regardless of the amount of resources put forth.<br /><br />Ultimately, the leadership of a school has to set the message of success. If this does not happen then the educational process becomes an exercise in futility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-34457027662735201912010-11-21T17:07:28.043-08:002010-11-21T17:07:28.043-08:00I take exception to the idea that poor districts a...I take exception to the idea that poor districts are saddled with BAD teachers. There are some of us who are(were) very good at what we do and few staff members from other districts are truly able to handle the students, connect with them and make good progress.<br /><br />The % of students performing well at a school as an example, East Lyme High school- as a high performing school.<br /><br />There are not many students at poverty level there. The school culture is very different from DRG I. <br /><br />Working in Windham and having my own kids at ELHS I know the cultures and can truly tell you the measuring in such an article is comparing apples to pears.<br /><br />If you fit in, and run with the culture of the building and student body, it’s go, go, go get ready for college.<br />Be on a team each season, get into clubs, get a great resume...<br />Prep for SATs, prep for competitive 4 year colleges.<br /><br />High pressure is from students on each other...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10132773.post-52133863888594745952010-11-21T16:40:37.982-08:002010-11-21T16:40:37.982-08:00I think we too often see education as an all or no...I think we too often see education as an all or nothing sort of game. But there are three factors that all go together to create student success. They are Parental Involvement (P), Economic Status (E) and Teacher Quality (T). So the formula for student success is PxExT=S. You can overcome poor parental involvement with money and quality teaching. You can overcome poverty with highly involved parents and quality teachers. And you can overcome poor teaching with highly involved parents and money. The worst schools have no money, uninvolved parents and bad teachers. The best schools have money, highly involved parents and quality teachers. But you must have at least two pieces in order to overcome the missing one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com