tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37193330.post4632460650302307795..comments2023-10-30T09:14:22.102-04:00Comments on JammieWearingFool: Georgia Supreme Court To Decide If Your Kids Can Leave the PlantationJammieWearingFoolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02187909738923654281noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37193330.post-35311581006070157392011-03-21T17:18:33.023-04:002011-03-21T17:18:33.023-04:00(cont.)
Note: This, stacking the administrative ed...(cont.)<br />Note: This, stacking the administrative education system so that only the individual can prevail in instruction or outcome change, is also why the current collective education system resists or does not impose, let's say, a national curriculum, despite the fact their totalitarian hearts want it, for the 'one size does not fit all' argument has prevailing precedent. (Oh, the irony in that this is what they have been radicalizing for!) A good example would be Core Knowledge. <br /><br />Good luck!Brigadoonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37193330.post-25334841523488241632011-03-21T17:17:55.799-04:002011-03-21T17:17:55.799-04:00(cont.)
Granted, the current education system is s...(cont.)<br />Granted, the current education system is set up not for structural or policy change as a whole but for individuals to prevail, and this is a complete pain and the way the collective education industry wants it. No class action lawsuits so to speak. Therefore, you must "exhaust administrative remedies" first per federal case law to prevail. So you can win the argument that the funding follow the student but each parent seeking a charter placement will have a placement meeting. Most will prevail as it is not like it was even 5 years ago since more parents have and are going all the way, the full Monty, nuclear, etc. to a hearing officer, and knowing to reject the list of HOs offered on the school board payroll, and on to a judge etc. (Since federal case law allows a parent to represent themselves or their child without the financial demand for an lawyer, parents have learned the process is not so bad. And while it is daunting, a few can and have smoothed the path for those to follow.) In other words, if you want it, be the squeaky wheel that gets oiled. Any school system is most pleased to be rid of parents who demand face time. Fact. (Indeed, this is why school districts don't want parents to have a per-pupil funding choice because if they do, parents will demand accountability.) It will come down to parents getting the word out over the din of union media. Every state must have a "parent resource center" for assistance per IDEA, and this should be utilized as the parent or citizen community organizing (hehe) assault weapon to ensure school choice and per-pupil funding. As I always say, keep IDEA and scrap NCLB.<br /><br />Again, you are not arguing for something arbitrarily better but acknowledging the universal fact that everyone learns differently, but all must equally have access to regular education material per federal case law. Some fine and proven examples would be Lindamood-Bell for reading, Orton-Gillingham for dyslexia, or Saxon Math vs Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley Mathematics or math textbooks by Harold Jacobs.Brigadoonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37193330.post-63015294707696665562011-03-21T17:17:18.202-04:002011-03-21T17:17:18.202-04:00You can not ask for a Benz when the school system ...You can not ask for a Benz when the school system only offers a Pinto. That's federal case law. However, a student need not fail before receiving remediation. Federal case law too. (And remediation by definition does not exclude "regular education material".) The argument for, that charter schools offer something better, will fail so they should offer something different. They do you say? The argument that they offer different structure or administration is moot (see above). Each charter school needs to individually offer different "regular education material" instruction than what has been adopted by the school system. There are many different speech, math, dyslexia, etc. methods out there. Choose one (even in just one of these subjects) and adopt a different, but equally effective, method from the school district. Education is based on the individual student, therefore, placement is an assessment made on the individual too.<br /><br />Parents have equal input and federal right to "informed consent" on all placement matters including LEA or local school. (Again, student need not fail to receive remediation.) The winning legal issue is parental rights, and here that equates to free market choice for methodology has been equated to ideology (in strong district case law), and since federal case law notes parental rights do not end at the schoolhouse gates, then the school system can not force parents to the false choice of state sponsored belief vs homeschool; just as equally (federal case law states) that parents can not force the school district to adopt a particular method or methodology. What's good for the goose should be good for the gander. SmileBrigadoonnoreply@blogger.com