Monday, November 28, 2011
What's Important to you?
What is important to you regarding education these days? Several choices come to mind, but feel free to add your choice and tell us why your topic is on your mind.... There's the education cost sharing formula that has made recent news, closing the gap, professional development for teachers, a more rigorous evaluation of principals, the next budget talks, the superintendent's progress, homework policies, special education, use of computers in the classroom......Tell us what is on your mind these days.
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Awww, come on... If you're going to delete my comment, you should at least fix the typo in the headline.
ReplyDeleteThank you, 6:19. :)
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to the education cost sharing I am very disappointed in our local senator who has never been able to STAND up for his hometown. The guys in Hartford always get the money and he stands around watching.
ReplyDeleteWe all know that Bob Duff has never lifted a finger to help Norwalk with ECS funding-- but, let Stepping Stones get a fifty-dollar grant from the State Arts Commission and Bob Duff puts out a press release.
ReplyDeleteBut we elect him year after year, so NONE OF US WHO VOTED FOR DUFF should ever complain about how unfair ECS funding is.
What's important to me on the school front (and maybe it's because my kids went to Wolfpit) is that we need to finally start evaluating principals. Come on-- it's time Supt. Marks to step up. With four schools that had to form Parent Committees because of their failing grades, isn't it about time that Supt. Rigor steps up and calls her principals to task???????
I want to see the people we elect start really debating issues- enough nonsense with all the hullaballoo over who "supports" the superintendent. Be adults- argue a little, give facts and then make informed decisions.
ReplyDeleteThe 2012 Budget committee is up and running - late in the game though but they are off - so question is what should change in this years' budget. All the arguing on last years' budget - and no show yet on the affect. Or has it?
ReplyDeleteSince a small group of us started thinking and talking publicly about civility, many have suggested it's unrealistic for everyone to agree about everything. But that's not the issue. Instead we think people can disagree without being disagreeable. Others think it's ironic and questionable for some of us to be interested in civility because --- from their perspectives---we have not always acted in a civil manner. Probably true, but isn't that a good reason to work on this important skill together? - Susan
ReplyDeleteOn Thursday, December 8th from 6:00-7:00 pm, the Norwalk Public Library,1 Beldon Avenue, is hosting "Give the Gift of Civility" a program and book signing by Sara Hacala, current Weston resident, former Norwalker, and author of Saving Civility: 52 Ways to Tame Rude, Crude and Attitude for a Polite Planet. This program is co-sponsored by REd APPLES and Norwalk 2.0.
The tools provided in the "Polite Planet Action Guide" show how small things truly make a difference. Respect and consideration, she firmly believes, can shape the civility of the planet and foster personal and global human connections.
Her conclusions incorporate the research of social psychologists and scientists on human behavior. The 'golden egg' is that civility facilitates progress in PROBLEM SOLVING - whether in business, government or personal relationships.
Sorry, Susan, anything that has the sponsorship of the Red Apples doesn't appeal to me. I believe in civility, but the RedApples want everyone to 'make nice' with the superintendent, and that doesn't work for me. The superintendent needs to learn to accept criticism and needs to be a leader. Instruct the superintendent on how to be civil to her staff first.
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