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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TigerPaw who wrote (1524)	1/31/2001 1:39:37 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 93284

That's cool! Maybe, they'll brew up a potion that will make Senators reject Ashcroft.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (1524)	1/31/2001 1:50:04 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 93284

TP, Democrats will present their education agenda next week. I especially like the part where they would would increase investment in school construction and after-school programs, and reward public schools that boost academic performance. Bush wants to support faith-based groups. Why doesn't he use that money to support after-school programs and school construction? There are already many programs on the books that help drug addicts, teach job training schools etc., but these programs don't have enough money. Hospitals here help drug addicts and community colleges also offer job training programs and end up having to teach basic skills in math, science and other subjects to students who want to earn a high-school diploma or who never learned these skills in school. - Mephisto Tuesday January 30 7:50 PM ET Key Democrats Challenge Bush's Education Plan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Key Democrats in the House of Representatives will unveil their own education reform package Wednesday, increasing pressure on President George W. Bush (news - web sites) to abandon contentious plans for private school vouchers. Rep. George Miller (news - bio - voting record) of California, the ranking Democrat on the House Education Committee, said on Tuesday his package would increase investment in school construction and after-school programs, and reward public schools that boost academic performance. The proposal is the latest to challenge Bush's agenda on education reform and prescription drug benefits for seniors, casting doubts on White House hopes of scoring an early legislative victory. But key Democrats said they had hopes that Bush would eventually back off on vouchers, clearing the way for passage of his other education priorities. ``We see more chances for agreement on key education reforms this year than at any time in the past,'' a spokesman for Miller said. Bush made education reform his first proposal to Congress, offering a multibillion-dollar plan linking federal aid to school performance. Bush's plan would also give $1,500 vouchers to the parents of students in troubled public schools, allowing them to send their children to private institutions. While Democrats generally welcomed Bush's proposal, they said vouchers were a nonstarter because they would siphon off funds from cash-strapped public schools. Miller's bill, co-sponsored by Michigan Democratic Rep. Dale Kildee (news bio - voting record) and other lawmakers, would double over five years so-called Title 1 funding for poor children in elementary and secondary schools, and target additional resources to disadvantaged areas. It would also require states and school districts to ensure that all children ``reach a proficient level of performance'' within 10 years. It does not include private school vouchers, which Miller and most Democrats oppose. A similar plan was introduced by former vice presidential candidate Sen. Joseph Lieberman (news - bio - voting record) of Connecticut and other moderate Democrats. Lieberman's bill would boost investment in public schools and for the first time sanction states where local school districts fail to improve. Likewise many moderate Republicans were pressing Bush to abandon vouchers, saying it could spark a partisan battle over the nation's education priorities. Moderate Republicans could hold the key to passage of Bush's legislative agenda in the narrowly divided House and 50-50 Senate. dailynews.yahoo.com

To: TigerPaw who wrote (1524)	1/31/2001 1:59:00 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 93284

Schools create center to tackle parent strife By Anand Vaishnav, Globe Staff, 1/31/2001 Reacting to outcry over recent assaults on Boston public school teachers, Superintendent Thomas W. Payzant yesterday said the district will open a ''mediation center'' to defuse disputes between teachers and parents - before they escalate into violence. Payzant also said he will appoint a team of up to seven people, including educators and parents, to explore how schools handle student misbehavior and investigate which campuses deal with disruptive students the best. He said he expects the team to report its findings within six weeks. The actions, to be outlined to the Boston School Committee tonight, were taken 10 days after a parent allegedly attacked a Margaret Fuller Elementary School teacher, angry over the way the teacher disciplined her first-grader. The parent pleaded not guilty last week, and the teacher underwent surgery yesterday for her fractured cheekbone. In the ensuing days, any assaults - which occur almost daily in the Boston public schools - made headlines, ranging from an alleged attack on a middle-school assistant principal to a special-education seventh-grader allegedly lashing out at school staff. Payzant said he has heard an earful from teachers asking for support in dealing with misbehaving younger students. But he also called on community members to play a role. ''Some of the issues we're seeing in schools with respect to behavior are the result of young people learning behavior not just from parents and family, but from adults in the broader community,'' Payzant said. ''I'm acknowledging my responsibility to do our part in schools and asking that the larger community think about its responsibility as well.'' The goal is to teach behavior skills, especially for younger students, in the context of everyday academics - in other words, good behavior should be a part of classrooms as much as learning how to read or compute, he said. As for the parent center, Payzant described it as an effort to bridge conflicts and ''make it possible for people at school and home to work together more effectively.'' Plans for the center are still in the works. Payzant envisions it as not necessarily just a place to visit, but a home base for staff who will visit schools and homes to mediate disputes when communication has deterioriated." ********************* " At least one expert said Payzant's request that schools work with families to solve problems is important, as is his desire to broaden the responsibility to other adults in the community. Successful school-violence prevention programs start on campus and go beyond the schoolhouse door, said Ron Slaby, senior scientist at Newton-based Education Development Center and author of a violence-prevention curriculum. ''Schools are only one domain in a child's life,'' Slaby said. ''We can look at it in terms of separate domains because there are separate adult people, but it is one child.'' Excerpts from The Boston Globe This story ran on page B1 of the Boston Globe on 1/31/2001. © Copyright 2001 Globe Newspaper Company. boston.com

To: TigerPaw who wrote (1524)	1/31/2001 2:04:42 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 93284

Money targeted for faith based groups should go to public schools like the one in Boston that created a center to tackle student-parent strife. How can schools be held accountable when students won't behave? I can't imagine how the schools can find teachers who will teach. Imagine: "The actions, to be outlined to the Boston School Committee tonight, were taken 10 days after a parent allegedly attacked a Margaret Fuller Elementary School teacher, angry over the way the teacher disciplined her first-grader. The parent pleaded not guilty last week, and the teacher underwent surgery yesterday for her fractured cheekbone. In the ensuing days, any assaults - which occur almost daily in the Boston public schools - made headlines, ranging from an alleged attack on a middle-school assistant principal to a special-education seventh-grader allegedly lashing out at school staff." TP, would you teach in such schools? I wouldn't. Mephisto