In the Journal this morning, link, we found that an investigation of APS by APS found no wrong doing by APS.The investigation was conducted by APS School Police detectives. The APS Police force reports directly to and only to, the leadership of the APS. As a police force they are without certification or accreditation by anyone but themselves. They are accountable to no one except themselves.The very act of self investigation creates the appearance of a conflict of interests; the same administration that...
APS administration clears self of inappropriate behavior
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Disability and disruption or more specifically; chronic disability and chronic disruption.
Chronic;constantly vexing, weakening, or troubling. There are students in the APS who have been determined to have "disorders". The manifestations of some of their disorders create disruption in the classrooms and on the campuses where they take place.Students with disorders have the same right to public school education as do students without disorders. Students without disorders have the same right to public school education as do students...
"My (APS) school has an adequate response to bullying."
APS going to survey parents, link. The first survey item reads;1. My (APS) school has an adequate response to bullying.How would parents know if their child's school does or doesn't have an adequate response to bullying?They would base their opinions on information and experience. If they have no experience, they must base their opinion on information alone. That information could be informal and anecdotal, or it could be actual data.There is no actual data on bullying in APS.APS steadfastly refuses to share real data...
APS Police ignore MOU with the County Sheriff.
According to the Journal this morning, link, an investigation is being conducted by the APS Police force. Allegedly, a principal bashed a student's head against a wall. If true, it would seem that a felony "may have" been committed. According to NM State Statutes;Aggravated battery30-3-5. Aggravated battery . A. Aggravated battery consists of the unlawful touching or application of force to the person of another...
Retaliation alleged in APS
KKOB talk show host Billy Cornelius expressed some concern the other night, over a story he had heard. Apparently a teacher was alleged to have taped a student's mouth shut, another teacher reported the incident, was retaliated against, and now is now suing APS. It begs a question or two.Does the leadership of the APS retaliate against whistle blowers? Does it make any difference if they do?To the first; they do. ...
On "embracing the suck"
Representative Nancy Pelosi is in trouble, link, over her use of the military slang; embrace the suck. In the context, I found it clever. I think it is funny.Not so, in the political press. It is fair to say that mountains are being made of a mole hill.People will find its use in that context amusing or they will not. If they do not, then just with any joke, no amount of explaining is going to make it any funnier....
Why is there so little consensus in public education?
It seems odd to me that after millennia of experience educating children and centuries of efforts to publicly educate them, a really good solution is yet to be found.The practitioners of (public) education are highly educated; all have at least a bachelors degree, many have masters degrees and a not an insignificant number have doctorates. The vast majority have several years of experience, many have decades of experience. In...
"Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet has free access to the sum of all human knowledge."
The non-profit Wikipedia's plea for financial support, link; quoted in significant part.I can't help but imagine;A school system in which every single student has free access to the sum of all human knowledge, and the opportunity to learn how to use it safely, effectively, and efficiently; rather immediately and for the rest of their lives.If the creation of independent lifelong learners is the ultimate goal of public education, why is...
Korte rebellion wrong headed; sets poor example for students
APS School Board Vice President Kathy Korte is leading a rebellion against unnecessary testing. I object to open rebellion as an acceptable solution to any problem for which there are better, less confrontational solutions. Her rebellion is after all just a power play, albeit a power play in response to a power play (by the Public Education Department).John Kennedy argued;"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent...
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