PCCY's School Stories is not the only blog browsed by members of the local education community. One of our readers wanted to bring attention to this posting from TeachersCount blog -- certainly food for thought:
What’s a Community to Do?
As August nears its midpoint and teachers, parents, and students all begin to think about school, we must ask ourselves, how will it be different, how will it be better?
Sadly I can think of nothing our community has done to improve our schools. Two years ago 74% of first graders at my school were significantly below reading grade level when they entered school. Last year it was 88%. No where has this problem been addressed, but the public clamors for teacher accountability. Doesn’t parental accountability come first? If a child is arriving at school behind what exactly is the teacher’s responsibility?
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In addition, our friends at Philadelphia Public School Notebook plan to join the blogging community this fall with its own blog, for which planning will begin this month. We wish them much success!
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