Comments for AMPS http://madisonamps.org Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:45:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Voices of Dissent — The Wisconsin State Budget by Leeah http://madisonamps.org/2009/05/29/voices-of-dissent-the-wisconsin-state-budget/#comment-6293 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:45:56 +0000 http://madisonamps.org/?p=2795#comment-6293 I’m not aisnrtseg that MMSD was in compliance, but it is clear from the DPI report that their response was amateurish and far from the strongest case the district could have made. I think we should demand better from highly paid professionals; better implementation policies and more complete responses to queries, official and unofficial.

]]> Comment on How to Spin a Story — Jay Mathews on KIPP Problems by Craig skip Weis http://madisonamps.org/2009/03/20/how-to-spin-a-story-jay-mathews-on-kipp-problems/#comment-6233 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:42:35 +0000 http://madisonamps.org/?p=2055#comment-6233 If more money would fix school, schools would have been fixed long ago.
It’s not the money that is lacking but rather too much Big Union.
Run the schools like a for profit business. Hire and fire the employees like any business would based on performance.

skip.

]]> Comment on How to Spin a Story — Jay Mathews on KIPP Problems by Isabel Tejeda http://madisonamps.org/2009/03/20/how-to-spin-a-story-jay-mathews-on-kipp-problems/#comment-6135 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 04:59:46 +0000 http://madisonamps.org/?p=2055#comment-6135 As a former KIPP: Fresno student, I do have to admit that Mr. Tschang and Mr. Ammon were very strict. However, I do not think that the way that this article portrays them is accurate. They were not abusive. They cared deeply about each and every student. Also, of the three years that I was there, I never saw any teacher give unauthorized help to students on state testing! That is completely false. We all worked very hard to raise our scores. We were in school every weekday for TEN or ELEVEN hours and even on Saturdays. If that’s not academic commitment, then I don’t know what is…It’s a shame that KIPP: Fresno no longer exists.

]]> Comment on Myths of Madison Prep, Part 2 by Thomas J. Mertz http://madisonamps.org/2011/12/19/myths-of-madison-prep-part-2/#comment-6070 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 23:06:24 +0000 http://madisonamps.org/?p=6400#comment-6070 Jeff

You are welcome, but never be said that I (or you) lack passion, it is just that ours is informed by data and the like.

]]> Comment on Myths of Madison Prep, Part 2 by Jeff Henriques http://madisonamps.org/2011/12/19/myths-of-madison-prep-part-2/#comment-6069 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:55:25 +0000 http://madisonamps.org/?p=6400#comment-6069 TJ,

Don’t you realize that data means nothing in this debate. It’s all passion and rhetoric. Factual evidence can be ignored because we believe otherwise. (sigh)
Thank you for your efforts to keep reality in this debate.

]]> Comment on Myths of Madison Prep, Part 1 by John Duffy http://madisonamps.org/2011/12/15/myths-of-madison-prep-part-1/#comment-6066 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:02:29 +0000 http://madisonamps.org/?p=6372#comment-6066 Not to mention the overarching role that the violence of imperialism, militarism and global war plays in draining resources from human development and alternatives to the social hierarchies that perpetuate injustice up and down the institutions of our civilization.

John from Oak Park, Illinois

]]> Comment on Myths of Madison Prep, Part 1 by J Jiumaleh http://madisonamps.org/2011/12/15/myths-of-madison-prep-part-1/#comment-6038 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 03:47:01 +0000 http://madisonamps.org/?p=6372#comment-6038 Can school alone really close the achievement gap? This is not just a Madison problem but exists in many (all?) cities around the country; so it’s hard to say whether MMSD is “failing” our kids or whether our society is failing them. We’re using educational performance to measure the problems these individuals experience in their adult lives, but do their problems stem entirely from school? Perhaps another myth of the Madison Prep discussion is that the right school program can make up for poverty, social instability, poor nutrition, poor medical care and all the other ills these kids and families suffer.

]]> Comment on ALEC and Bill Gates, the Mask Comes Off by Anna Ilkka http://madisonamps.org/2011/12/04/alec-and-bill-gates-the-mask-comes-off/#comment-5953 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:17:32 +0000 http://madisonamps.org/?p=6367#comment-5953 It is unfortunate, we’ve allowed people who have never lived on less than $50K or even $100K to represent us in our government. Greedy millionairs with their eye on the billionaire prize rather than representing we the people.

Some of us do not have the luxury to afford private school tuition, and property taxes, and, some of us do not have the luxury of homeschooling.

]]> Comment on ALEC and Bill Gates, the Mask Comes Off by James Scarlett-Lyon http://madisonamps.org/2011/12/04/alec-and-bill-gates-the-mask-comes-off/#comment-5949 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:31:01 +0000 http://madisonamps.org/?p=6367#comment-5949 There was a very extensive study released about 3 weeks ago funded by the Gates Foundation and the Charter Schools Coalition. The stunning thing is the report found almost no difference between public schools and charter schools. No surprise…the report was released at the dead end of the weekly news cycle late Friday afternoon and then buried by the Gates Foundation. The Gates Foundation has gone from actually being interested in public schools to trying to get rid of them.

]]> Comment on ALEC and Bill Gates, the Mask Comes Off by mike vidal http://madisonamps.org/2011/12/04/alec-and-bill-gates-the-mask-comes-off/#comment-5945 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 04:01:11 +0000 http://madisonamps.org/?p=6367#comment-5945 Bill Gates Sr. was advocating for higher taxes for the rich I think. Father not like son I guess – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/28/bill-gates-sr-promotes-ro_n_775143.html

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