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Politics : Socialized Education - Is there abetter way? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (312)	3/24/2008 5:40:00 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1513

I think under performing or failing schools have better things to worry about than the label put on their failure. -------------------------- Seeking a kinder word for failure Schools' morale front and center By Tracy Jan Globe Staff / March 22, 2008 To soothe the bruised egos of educators and children in lackluster schools, Massachusetts officials are now pushing for kinder, gentler euphemisms for failure. Instead of calling these schools "underperforming," the Board of Education is considering labeling them as "Commonwealth priority," to avoid poisoning teacher and student morale. Schools in the direst straits, now known as "chronically underperforming," would get the more urgent but still vague label of "priority one." The board has spent parts of more than three meetings in recent months debating the linguistic merits and tone set by the terms... boston.com tjic.com