tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post3758774369742789827..comments2024-03-28T14:01:07.593-07:00Comments on The Emeryville Tattler: New Report On Emeryville School Reveals Failure of ManagementUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-60663711236192994392011-07-07T14:53:24.127-07:002011-07-07T14:53:24.127-07:00"These failures exposed in the report will on..."These failures exposed in the report will only encourage the district to double down on attempts to statistically hide their incompetence....like by dumping poorly performing seniors into 11th grade homerooms....then when they don't graduate---they don't appear on the statistics, because they technically weren't seniors. BOOM! The graduation rate improves and the administrators get a big bonus! '<br /><br />I don't know where this person got their information. I work at the school.<br />A) We don't have homerooms, at all, if you are a 12th grader, you are a 12th grader even if you are in 11th grade classes. The only reason a 12th grader would get put in an 11th grade class is because they failed it in 11th grade, that doesn't somehow magically allow us to classify a 12th grader as an 11th grader and skip reporting a non-graduating senior.<br /><br />B) No one has gotten bonus' around here in 8 years, administrators included, I myself, haven't even had so much as a cost of living increase in 4 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-26249057554713853712011-07-06T21:56:21.394-07:002011-07-06T21:56:21.394-07:00It seems as though Marcelline disagrees with the s...It seems as though Marcelline disagrees with the study's findings, and is employing the 'straw-man' argument of 'they didn't spend enough money on the study' to discredit and dismiss its findings when the evidence of the study's accuracy is all around. <br />Marcelline's argument is reminiscent of the town crier in the tale about the Emperor's new clothes, announcing, "all praise and admire his Royal Majesty's beautiful new suit."<br />Sad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-22301477085318080492011-07-06T19:15:26.039-07:002011-07-06T19:15:26.039-07:00All hail the glorious achievements of our Dear Lea...All hail the glorious achievements of our Dear Leader, Comrade Davis. Only the wise, mighty and just wisdom of Comrade Davis can assure final victory for our city.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-55773273656572773312011-07-06T11:56:30.549-07:002011-07-06T11:56:30.549-07:00>>"Everyone needs to be supportive of t...>>"Everyone needs to be supportive of the schools and that can't be achieved by being critical", says the woman without a child at the school.<br /><br />From a loyal Tattler reader<<<br /><br />Good for Brian for distancing the Tattler from such fatuous thinking. In fact, Emeryville is blessed with many stakeholders in our schools who don't have children enrolled, from School Board members to unpaid librarian Enomoto to Professor Krafchick, who's donated $100,000.00 to the schools. It looks from some comments here as if we need to educate our "grown-ups." Go for it, Brian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-59705801950035471302011-07-05T19:53:38.520-07:002011-07-05T19:53:38.520-07:00Wow! The last commenter has an evil countenance. ...Wow! The last commenter has an evil countenance. I hope to hell his revealed scheme isn't prescient.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-42433398428357733332011-07-05T19:33:54.070-07:002011-07-05T19:33:54.070-07:00These failures exposed in the report will only enc...These failures exposed in the report will only encourage the district to double down on attempts to statistically hide their incompetence....like by dumping poorly performing seniors into 11th grade homerooms....then when they don't graduate---they don't appear on the statistics, because they technically weren't seniors. BOOM! The graduation rate improves and the administrators get a big bonus!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-36015311582972033432011-07-05T18:25:45.848-07:002011-07-05T18:25:45.848-07:00The person who called Marcelline Krafchick a "...The person who called Marcelline Krafchick a "Quisling" was gutless, obviously afraid to give his/her name. He also was stupid, unaware of the difference between someone applying logical analysis to a report, and a Norwegian traitor of the 1940's. The final, filthy sentence indicates that anonymous writer is afflicted with a poo-poo-mouth form of infantilism.<br />Joe CohenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-32087166929343893982011-07-05T16:28:16.221-07:002011-07-05T16:28:16.221-07:00The several hundred million we are about to spend ...The several hundred million we are about to spend on a fabulous new campus will not fix the high failure rate in the classroom, but it will be an undeniable testament that we are really trying. It is easy to throw money at the problem. It is hard to get bang for the buck. A for effort. D for achievement. Kudos to Josh Simon for being receptive to the report, critical though it may be. I hope the school can use the report to improve. We need a system where failure is recognized and generates change. Easy to say, hard to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-7618010708228931212011-07-05T12:17:55.490-07:002011-07-05T12:17:55.490-07:00I don't know who Marcelline Krafchick is, but ...I don't know who Marcelline Krafchick is, but her antipathy to Mr. Donahue and his efforts is quite glaring. <br />I am reminded of the Phil Ochs song "Love me, I'm a Liberal." Emeryville already has enough self-important Quislings. Sorry Marcelline, this town needs more than the Chamber of Commerce as a source of information. Now go kiss Nora's butt, she'll appoint you to the Planning CommissionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-43318202670195271342011-07-05T11:44:08.913-07:002011-07-05T11:44:08.913-07:00Note to the readers-
I don't subscribe to the ...Note to the readers-<br />I don't subscribe to the above stated idea about the legitimacy of opinion is predicated on being directly and materially invested. In this case, people without children enrolled at the schools have equally valid opinions as those who do. We should assume all desire to improve the schools unless it is clearly stated to the contrary.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-31935011426214639812011-07-05T11:28:08.164-07:002011-07-05T11:28:08.164-07:00Ha!
"I want to make sure those running the sc...Ha!<br />"I want to make sure those running the school are doing a good job and if they're not, I want people to know about it so we have a chance of fixing it", says the man with a child enrolled at the school.<br /><br />"No! Everyone needs to be supportive of the schools and that can't be achieved by being critical", says the woman without a child at the school.<br /><br />From a loyal Tattler readerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-80033696089478371082011-07-05T10:53:39.641-07:002011-07-05T10:53:39.641-07:00Marcelline, thank you for suggesting that those of...Marcelline, thank you for suggesting that those of us who are interested in accuracy should read the whole report. A lot of us in this community know we can't rely on this blog for accurate information that communicates the whole picture. At least it is nice to have reasonable and balanced comments here. I'll be sure and read more of the report before I form an opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-5513802856217362682011-07-05T10:48:57.506-07:002011-07-05T10:48:57.506-07:00To Ms Krafchick & others-
I'm not interest...To Ms Krafchick & others-<br />I'm not interested in "gotcha" but I am interested in making sure criticism and dissenting views get public exposure since we can't rely on the power elite to do so. It's all about transparency and holding the government accountable. To the naysayers among the Tattler readers I ask: Do you think you would have been made aware of this report without the Tattler?<br /><br />The report highlights detailed and specific problems with the high school from a respected source; the NCUST. For anyone wanting to help the school, I would think this would be valuable information. <br /><br />The goal of the Tattler is not to serve as a cheerleader for the school district or City Hall for that matter. If the schools are bad, everyone should know about it. The days of "America, love it or leave it" are over.Brian Donahuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12705682112476904502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-58391809109750431162011-07-05T10:31:46.505-07:002011-07-05T10:31:46.505-07:00Brian, in your characteristic "gotcha" t...Brian, in your characteristic "gotcha" tabloid mode, you've cherry-picked the report to bash the schools once again. The District invited the report to solicit useful suggestions drawn from the nation's highest-performing urban schools. Auditors did offer some sweeping generalizations, yes. But observations were based on one-day visits that concluded, for example, that "Parents are not convinced that teachers care about their children's success." How many parents? How were questions framed? Unprofessional! And who are the "adults" at ESS who commit the sin of forming cliques? Can we find a school without cliques? And yet the report contains much strong praise--even the word "wonderful." On behalf of fairness rather than one more hatchet-job, I urge your curiously anonymous readers to look at the whole report, always a sensible idea. <br />Marcelline Krafchick, Ph.D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-5458217761433390972011-07-05T10:15:32.560-07:002011-07-05T10:15:32.560-07:00Good for Josh Simon. Thanks Josh for working for ...Good for Josh Simon. Thanks Josh for working for the kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-26530674344739961832011-07-05T10:00:36.005-07:002011-07-05T10:00:36.005-07:00I don't think any new building will help these...I don't think any new building will help these kids. What people tend to forget when looking at these statistics, is where the kids come from. From another point of view, maybe Emeryville's school district is actually doing a great job in housing and feeding these kids from Oakland, as many of them do not receive these basic services at home. Too bad, that instead of trying to make the situation look better with a new building, they couldn't have used all this money to directly educate the kids and divide the classes to those who need more motivation and direct intervention.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-48147484214518663622011-07-05T09:07:24.100-07:002011-07-05T09:07:24.100-07:00To people complaining about student behavior...wha...To people complaining about student behavior...what would you do?<br />How would you correct the situation?<br />You can only send the student out of class, suspend them, and have parent conferences so many times (which, I might add, parents don't show up too a good 60-70% of the time in Emery).<br />Those are the only tools that the school has, so when those don't work, what do you do?<br /><br />If there's no drive to get an education from the home, and the student has no desire to get one, there isn't a lot the school can do about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-75680865586623642812011-07-05T09:02:56.109-07:002011-07-05T09:02:56.109-07:00There is a reality check, it's called election...There is a reality check, it's called elections, but you nit wits keep electing the same group of idiots to the city council and school board. Next you'll be electing Kurt Brinkman as mayor so he can funnel more city funds into his business'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-15062723239363793632011-07-05T08:30:44.917-07:002011-07-05T08:30:44.917-07:00These two ran for re-election to the school board ...These two ran for re-election to the school board an I still remember their campaign flyer, it was all about how great the educational culture is at the schools and about how it just keeps getting better. Our schools are a mess. I wish there would be some reality check from those in power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394711926853801811.post-10434976347296662792011-07-04T16:43:01.315-07:002011-07-04T16:43:01.315-07:00I hope the new school turns this culture around. ...I hope the new school turns this culture around. This school has real problems and the personel aint fixing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com