tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27780484.post4639619223159373311..comments2023-11-05T02:41:35.370-05:00Comments on Drick Boyd's Blog: Is the "Race to the Top" Rigged?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09901684217477002872noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27780484.post-33308685404702492912010-08-20T07:37:16.103-05:002010-08-20T07:37:16.103-05:00Thanks for your reflection. As a teacher in "...Thanks for your reflection. As a teacher in "one of those" Philly neighborhood high schools, it is wearing. Nevertheless, this is not just an urban/suburban dichotomy. Philly has many magnet high schools (and some middle). I've know very mediocre teachers in those schools who "get by" because the demographics of the magnet schools - especially schools like Masterman, Science Leadership Academy, Central, etc. - are very different from neighborhood high schools. They have parents many more "high powered" parents, including local politicians, connections, etc.<br /><br />Also, the teacher who completed 5 years, left a neighborhood high school after 4 years and is now at a selective magnet school. I don't blame her - she is a good teacher who I met during her first year - but staying at a neighborhood schools for the duration is taxing if the teacher tries to meet the needs to the students. This is compounded by the heavy handed bureaucracy of the School District. Now it is more complicated by the dictates of the Ackerman administration including highly scripted curricula.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com