Comments for Missouri Education Reform Council http://moschools.org Just another WordPress.com weblog Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:23:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Opinion: Want to Improve Education? Here’s a Simple Fix by Bruce Deitrick Price http://moschools.org/2010/09/15/opinion-want-to-improve-education-heres-a-simple-fix/#comment-203 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:23:38 +0000 http://moeducationreform.org/?p=215#comment-203 TIME, a few weeks ago, said the same. And I disagreed. If the schools do a bad job for 9 months, why do you want to give them a perfect 12 months of doing a bad job? First, they have to do a good job in the present structure.

I posted a short piece last seek titled “TIME Preaches Timeless Drivel About Education.” The gist of it is that schools could easily be improved. See link;

http://www.rantrave.com/Rant/TIME-Preaches-Timeless-Drivel-About-Education.aspx

]]> Comment on Open Enrollment by Open Enrollment Amendment Sparks Education Reform Debate on House Floor | Children's Education Council of Missouri http://moschools.org/open-enrollment/#comment-172 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:58:24 +0000 http://moeducationreform.org/?page_id=69#comment-172 [...] City this past week in the form of an amendment to an education omnibus bill that would allow for open enrollment across school district lines.  The amendment was sponsored by Representative Scott Dieckhaus, a Republican from Washington, MO [...]

]]> Comment on Sen. Mayer responds to misinformation on Open Enrollment bill by mercouncil http://moschools.org/2010/03/03/sen-mayer-responds-to-misinformation-on-open-enrollment-bill/#comment-171 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:32:14 +0000 http://moeducationreform.org/?p=186#comment-171 http://newstribune.com/articles/2010/04/08/news_state/nt267state31schools10.txt

The House has rejected an amendment on an education bill that would include open enrollment language similar to the bill, but it still could be a part of a final education bill if legislators hear from the families that need it!

]]> Comment on Sen. Mayer responds to misinformation on Open Enrollment bill by Matt http://moschools.org/2010/03/03/sen-mayer-responds-to-misinformation-on-open-enrollment-bill/#comment-170 Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:04:56 +0000 http://moeducationreform.org/?p=186#comment-170 When will the final vote be for this bill?

]]> Comment on Open Enrollment Videos by Sen. Mayer responds to misinformation on Open Enrollment bill | Slay and Associates St. Louis Public Relations (PR) and Marketing Communications http://moschools.org/open-enrollment/open-enrollment-videos/#comment-134 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:20:15 +0000 http://moeducationreform.org/?page_id=85#comment-134 [...] not the case. A school will determine their own range of open enrollment transfers. Right now, there is no functioning mechanism for parents to transfer their child to another district, and so the parents and students bear the hardship of outdated boundary lines and a virtually [...]

]]> Comment on Shortsightedness from opponents of Open Enrollment by mercouncil http://moschools.org/2010/02/12/shortsightedness-from-opponents-of-open-enrollment/#comment-132 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:59:18 +0000 http://moeducationreform.org/?p=175#comment-132 Thanks for your perspective Jessie. I also grew up in a district with open enrollment and did not experience any of the negative predictions that are being voiced in Missouri.

]]> Comment on Shortsightedness from opponents of Open Enrollment by Jessie http://moschools.org/2010/02/12/shortsightedness-from-opponents-of-open-enrollment/#comment-131 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:15:25 +0000 http://moeducationreform.org/?p=175#comment-131 I grew up in Chicago, and it has been common practice there, because of the public transportation, that students are allowed to go to whatever high school they choose. Some high schools require a student to test in, some do it by lottery. But any student can attend any high school. It is all one BIG school district, but I went to school with classmates who took 2 buses and a train to get to my school…and they were the minorities often times.

Maybe in Missouri it is not as equitable to enroll this way because there is not as much public transportation, but I think the disadvantaged and the wealthy may benefit from the option.

]]> Comment on What is Open Enrollment by Open Enrollment Top Reform Issue as Legislature Returns | Children’s Education Alliance of Missouri http://moschools.org/open-enrollment/what-is-open-enrollment/#comment-127 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:18:01 +0000 http://moeducationreform.org/?page_id=81#comment-127 [...] item earning the most attention at the beginning of the session is the issue of open enrollment. Open enrollment is a policy that allows students to transfer to a school in a district outside of where the student lives, so [...]

]]> Comment on Abundant Missouri Edcuation Reform Council Coverage Already in 2010 by Open Enrollment Top Education Reform Issue as Legislature Returns | Children's Education Council of Missouri http://moschools.org/2010/01/15/mercnews/#comment-124 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:48:33 +0000 http://moeducationreform.org/?p=159#comment-124 [...] Missouri Education Reform Council (MERC) has taken the lead on this issue and has received a great deal of media attention around the state. MERC is a group of former school superintendents and administrators who support education reform.  [...]

]]> Comment on What is Open Enrollment by Open Enrollment Top Education Reform Issue as Legislature Returns | Children's Education Council of Missouri http://moschools.org/open-enrollment/what-is-open-enrollment/#comment-123 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:45:59 +0000 http://moeducationreform.org/?page_id=81#comment-123 [...] item earning the most attention at the beginning of the session is the issue of open enrollment.  Open enrollment is a policy that allows students to transfer to a school in a district outside of where the student lives, so [...]

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