tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post109414650980559130..comments2023-10-24T11:05:25.288-04:00Comments on Mark Rauterkus & Running Mates ponder current events: First day of schoolMark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-1094146756916826442004-09-02T13:39:00.000-04:002004-09-02T13:39:00.000-04:00from a policy brief from the Allegheny Institute:
...from a policy brief from the Allegheny Institute:<br /><br />It is time to demand a major overhaul of City schools. The system as it exists now has demonstrated that it is incapable of fixing itself. Clearly, students who are being so poorly served in the present system deserve much better. Taxpayers have a right to expect more. <br /><br />There is blame enough to go around. Finger pointing at teachers, parents, the school board and management has long since become a useless exercise. Only a dramatic change in the system will cut through all the finger pointing and excuse making. The state has an obligation to ensure that students who want to learn have that opportunity. Failure to follow through on that obligation is a moral failing. <br /><A HREF="http://www.blogger.com/r?http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alleghenyinstitute.org%2Fbriefs%2Fvol4no33.pdf">Formatted version</A> in PDF of the Allegheny Institute brief.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com