Boy did you hit the nail on the head. Of course, the state is
going to say that "funding on a shoestring" is working-only
because TEACHERS ALWAYS make things work. We're working our
behinds off-but no one sees or admits that. Conditions are
abysmal, class sizes are too big, and we don't have enough or any
prep time-yet we make it work. It's imperative that this time we
don't make it work, that we "complain" loudly and clearly, and
make sure parents and students feel the difference.
Otherwise, we're stuck-even when money comes back to Californa

On 10/16/09, Funding on a shoestring can be made to appear to
work fine. wrote:
>
>>
>> Even before the budget crisis, class size was too big,
>> kids weren't learning what is appropriate for their
>> developmental stages. I wonder what test scores will be
>> like next year. I a twisted way I hope they go down so
>> that maybe the point will be made that funding on a
>> shoestring doesn't work.
>>
>
> All the state has to do is make the state tests easier and
> then educational failure can be camouflaged as success. I
> am 90 percent sure that is what California did this year.
> This year, test scores jumped all over the state. What do
> you think happened? Do you think that districts all over
> California suddenly and simultaneously in one year found
> the secret to academic improvement or do you think the
> state just made the tests easier? LOL

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