High Stakes Community Schools

The High Stakes Community Schools plan was presented by Professor Knick on a Monday Night lecture. The plan was on the "extreme" side in most people's views that were there. I think that we are just accustomed to how strict schools tend to be right now. I think that the main question is how far will we go to turn around our children's test scores? Yes this is an extreme plan, but if the quality of education is based on how much our kids know (test scores) then we need to find a way to get good scores. This plan hopefully will fix the problems.

I don't think that this plan puts anyone in a great situation. I don't think it puts the teachers in the best environment to teach, nor does it give the students as quality of an education as possible because of the amazing emphasis on test scores.

I found the lecture extremely enjoyable. The main reasons for the success were that (1) Professor Knick and Professor Langholz were so organized and had the right answer for all of the points made by the students, and (2) I think the students did a great job of developing opinions based on our roles. This was definitly one of the more enjoyable lecture nights, probably could of used more than an hour on the lecture.