Comments on: It’s the Right Time to Do the Right Thing http://lilysblackboard.org/2010/08/it%e2%80%99s-the-right-time-to-do-the-right-thing/ Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:15:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kenneth Sosa http://lilysblackboard.org/2010/08/it%e2%80%99s-the-right-time-to-do-the-right-thing/#comment-3081 Kenneth Sosa Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:20:53 +0000 http://lilysblackboard.org/?p=452#comment-3081 Howdy, i read your blog from time to time and i own a similar one and i was just curious if you get a lot of spam comments? If so how do you protect against it, any plugin or anything you can suggest? I get so much lately it's driving me mad so any assistance is very much appreciated. Howdy, i read your blog from time to time and i own a similar one and i was just curious if you get a lot of spam comments? If so how do you protect against it, any plugin or anything you can suggest? I get so much lately it’s driving me mad so any assistance is very much appreciated.

]]> By: Education Issues Need More than 9 Seconds – Lily's Blackboard http://lilysblackboard.org/2010/08/it%e2%80%99s-the-right-time-to-do-the-right-thing/#comment-2279 Education Issues Need More than 9 Seconds – Lily's Blackboard Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:24:15 +0000 http://lilysblackboard.org/?p=452#comment-2279 [...] was interviewed a few weeks ago in a back-to-school network story about how teachers and teaching assistants and even bus drivers often spend money out of their own pockets to get students what school budgets and parents can’t [...] [...] was interviewed a few weeks ago in a back-to-school network story about how teachers and teaching assistants and even bus drivers often spend money out of their own pockets to get students what school budgets and parents can’t [...]

]]> By: Fred Edwards http://lilysblackboard.org/2010/08/it%e2%80%99s-the-right-time-to-do-the-right-thing/#comment-2185 Fred Edwards Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:41:10 +0000 http://lilysblackboard.org/?p=452#comment-2185 Diane Ravitch changed her mind about NCLB but thought its goals were what we needed. She has commented that who wouldn't want the ideas contained in the legislation. Well, before she embraced them, I could already see the inherent problems they presented. What took her so long? Friend of Education? Let's get real. People like Alfie Kohn have raised the issues she now raises and has done so for years but was never listened to by people like Diane. If there is a friend to education, he is so much more deserving. But what do I know? I was a teacher for 30 years in the state of Utah working with Youth At Risk my entire career. Diane Ravitch changed her mind about NCLB but thought its goals were what we needed. She has commented that who wouldn’t want the ideas contained in the legislation. Well, before she embraced them, I could already see the inherent problems they presented. What took her so long? Friend of Education? Let’s get real. People like Alfie Kohn have raised the issues she now raises and has done so for years but was never listened to by people like Diane. If there is a friend to education, he is so much more deserving. But what do I know? I was a teacher for 30 years in the state of Utah working with Youth At Risk my entire career.

]]> By: elfling http://lilysblackboard.org/2010/08/it%e2%80%99s-the-right-time-to-do-the-right-thing/#comment-2164 elfling Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:22:17 +0000 http://lilysblackboard.org/?p=452#comment-2164 Lily, here in California school districts STILL DON'T KNOW how much money they're getting per student from the state, because the state budget is still deadlocked. For certain, it will be less for 2010-2011 than it was in 2009-2010, but we don't know how much less yet. $274? $400? $600? With school district budgets scraping the bottom, with the school year already started, it's hard to decide to spend more money when there's still so much uncertainty. I sure hope this initiative changing the budget to a simple majority vote passes in November. Schools can't budget intelligently if they don't know how much they will be paid. Lily, here in California school districts STILL DON’T KNOW how much money they’re getting per student from the state, because the state budget is still deadlocked. For certain, it will be less for 2010-2011 than it was in 2009-2010, but we don’t know how much less yet. $274? $400? $600? With school district budgets scraping the bottom, with the school year already started, it’s hard to decide to spend more money when there’s still so much uncertainty.

I sure hope this initiative changing the budget to a simple majority vote passes in November. Schools can’t budget intelligently if they don’t know how much they will be paid.

]]> By: Erica http://lilysblackboard.org/2010/08/it%e2%80%99s-the-right-time-to-do-the-right-thing/#comment-2147 Erica Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:20:36 +0000 http://lilysblackboard.org/?p=452#comment-2147 It's time for politicians to DO instead of just SAY the right things! I'm so sick of hearing all the platitudes & the constant refrain that "children are our future," by those who turn a blind eye to what is actually going on in education at all levels. It’s time for politicians to DO instead of just SAY the right things! I’m so sick of hearing all the platitudes & the constant refrain that “children are our future,” by those who turn a blind eye to what is actually going on in education at all levels.

]]> By: Karen http://lilysblackboard.org/2010/08/it%e2%80%99s-the-right-time-to-do-the-right-thing/#comment-2144 Karen Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:47:27 +0000 http://lilysblackboard.org/?p=452#comment-2144 Is there a list available of the "wait & see" politicians? Is there a list available of the “wait & see” politicians?

]]> By: Sherri http://lilysblackboard.org/2010/08/it%e2%80%99s-the-right-time-to-do-the-right-thing/#comment-2143 Sherri Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:47:26 +0000 http://lilysblackboard.org/?p=452#comment-2143 Great post! I will have to admit that this is the first time in years that I didn't spend more than $50 for my "kids" but I'm already feeling the burden in the classroom from parents that can't afford the supplies (and we are only on day 3). I have kindergarteners without supply boxes or crayons, so they are having to share the crayons. A tough thing for a 5 year old to do, especially those who are away from mom and dad for the first time. Two years ago, I calculated how much I actually spent that year (being the first time in a new grade and having nothing for 3rd grade after spending 9 years in k-1) and discovered that I spent over $1000, just my luck since I wasn't happy in 3rd and really don't plan on using a lot of the books that I bought, but my "kids" did succeed. I wish that people realized how much teachers really do for the students and give credit where credit is due instead of constantly playing the blame game. Great post! I will have to admit that this is the first time in years that I didn’t spend more than $50 for my “kids” but I’m already feeling the burden in the classroom from parents that can’t afford the supplies (and we are only on day 3). I have kindergarteners without supply boxes or crayons, so they are having to share the crayons. A tough thing for a 5 year old to do, especially those who are away from mom and dad for the first time. Two years ago, I calculated how much I actually spent that year (being the first time in a new grade and having nothing for 3rd grade after spending 9 years in k-1) and discovered that I spent over $1000, just my luck since I wasn’t happy in 3rd and really don’t plan on using a lot of the books that I bought, but my “kids” did succeed. I wish that people realized how much teachers really do for the students and give credit where credit is due instead of constantly playing the blame game.

]]> By: Giulie http://lilysblackboard.org/2010/08/it%e2%80%99s-the-right-time-to-do-the-right-thing/#comment-2139 Giulie Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:10:04 +0000 http://lilysblackboard.org/?p=452#comment-2139 Great post, thank you. I, too, am shocked at the amount of money I spend each year for "my kids" so that their school year goes well. (and Lynette, I was back at the store a few times to get the penny folders, too! (-: ) One of my parents works in the Defense Language Institute (military) and says it is shocking to him how much money is thrown around at that school because the military has such a huge budget. How about making sure education is fully funded so that our students can be educated about how to make peace and create a better world? Frustrating!! Great post, thank you. I, too, am shocked at the amount of money I spend each year for “my kids” so that their school year goes well. (and Lynette, I was back at the store a few times to get the penny folders, too! (-: )
One of my parents works in the Defense Language Institute (military) and says it is shocking to him how much money is thrown around at that school because the military has such a huge budget. How about making sure education is fully funded so that our students can be educated about how to make peace and create a better world? Frustrating!!

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