tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7028376801724716771.post5105398636880035884..comments2016-02-22T13:04:49.002-08:00Comments on Education Matters: Accountability runs off into a ditchMartha Tothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11612277632250703909noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7028376801724716771.post-29180090887980145742012-09-13T12:19:21.997-07:002012-09-13T12:19:21.997-07:00The Oakland ISD superintendent made a very good vi...The Oakland ISD superintendent made a very good video in which she explains why Focus Schools are a "fatal flaw" in our accountability system:<br />http://www.oakland.k12.mi.us/Home/ThoughtsandresourcesfromDrMarkavitch/tabid/3226/Default.aspx<br />It is 12 minutes long but very well done.Martha Tothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612277632250703909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7028376801724716771.post-31784843960195262062012-09-13T10:41:50.751-07:002012-09-13T10:41:50.751-07:00I don’t know whether to laugh or cry, particularly...I don’t know whether to laugh or cry, particularly because I stopped reading your post midway to follow your link where I read Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron short story. I’m left with a feeling that your school regulations were written by Vonnegut on a particularly bad day. A new, improved more flexible system that is undermined by inflexible rules makes as much sense as the old system requiring that schools achieve the statistical impossibility of having all their students test above average. Weeping Sorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05617503185773155102noreply@blogger.com