tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355813287115620632.post7711088492595152775..comments2023-03-29T06:06:30.217-04:00Comments on MNHockeyMama: 833 Manipulates Parents Using Delphi Technique - Part 2AMB aka MNHockeyMamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10097386241673432136noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355813287115620632.post-77368751953442290422015-02-23T21:08:58.595-05:002015-02-23T21:08:58.595-05:00AMB, perhaps you could help me find the civility i...AMB, perhaps you could help me find the civility in SAR's post, which takes a simple answer by Julie Nielson and labels it as "the repugnant treatment of a concerned parent" as part of a technique to make the opposition "look foolish, stupid and inarticulate," and calling Nielson a "professional agitator." I think anyone without an agenda looking at the video evidence would be hard pressed to call Nielson's treatment of the questioner as anything but respectful. Do you honestly see it differently? Concerned Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13011813115826601287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355813287115620632.post-24065074480565436742015-02-23T10:07:16.996-05:002015-02-23T10:07:16.996-05:00Concerned Dad,
Perhaps the person who would benefi...Concerned Dad,<br />Perhaps the person who would benefit from a "reading comprehension program" is you as SAR's response is spot on.<br />Please keep it civil or you will be banned.<br />Thank you.<br />AMBAMB aka MNHockeyMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10097386241673432136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355813287115620632.post-26138213699222947282015-02-22T13:01:44.730-05:002015-02-22T13:01:44.730-05:00SAR, if you're having trouble understanding my...SAR, if you're having trouble understanding my 220-word "blizzard" of a response to your 460-word post, perhaps you would benefit from some sort of reading comprehension program.Concerned Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13011813115826601287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355813287115620632.post-33778297345798677082015-02-20T14:36:26.331-05:002015-02-20T14:36:26.331-05:00Dear Concerned Dad:
Somewhere in your blizzard of...Dear Concerned Dad:<br /> Somewhere in your blizzard of words, I believe you made my point. The district is delaying their decision on Reading Recovery until SF607 passes or fails. Should SF607 become law, District Reading Recovery teachers will be replaced by transient, federal Americorps paid volunteers.<br />Susan Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770410438308242704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355813287115620632.post-86266638301805825122015-02-18T18:02:09.445-05:002015-02-18T18:02:09.445-05:00What is this gift you have for being more percepti...What is this gift you have for being more perceptive than all the concerned parents and taxpayers like me who were helplessly manipulated like rubes in a Vegas hypnotist's show? And now, like the Wicked Witch of the West, you have a crystal ball that allows you to see that a bill just introduced is destined to become law.<br /><br />Not that that would be a terrible thing based on the trial evaluation funded by the Corporation for National & Community Service.The randomized, controlled third-party evaluation of Minnesota Reading Corps, conducted by National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, found that elementary students tutored by AmeriCorps members achieved significantly higher literacy levels than students without such tutors and that the impacts were statistically significant even among students at higher risk for academic failure.<br /><br />The evaluation showed that:<br />- The average kindergarten student with an AmeriCorps tutor performed twice as well as students without one.<br />- The average first grade student performed 26 percent better than the expected level for on-track students.<br />- Students with higher risk factors (such as dual language learners and students who qualify for free and reduced-price lunch) significantly outperformed students who didn’t receive tutoring.<br /><br />I think everyone would be better served if you stuck to the facts instead of jumping to erroneous conclusions based on your skewed presumptions and amusing yourself with astoundingly childish monthly "awards."<br /><br /> Concerned Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13011813115826601287noreply@blogger.com