[ProgressiveEd] Debbie Meier letter in support of ...
sid massey
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Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:43:44 -0500
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Dear SSP (small school people),
Central Park East I was visited by Shelley Harwayne. Her entourage =
(including a CSD#4 Dep. Sup't) made a perfunctory, 10 minute visit in =
search of "instruction". Their inability to recognize visible evidence =
of student work reflective of the depth of their interests left both =
staff and students shaken and does not bode well for our push for =
progressive networks. Do we have a wolf in sheep's clothing here?
Debbie Meier, founder of CPE I, CPESS and Center Collaborative =
Education, is organizing a national response in support of NYC's small =
schools. She will be asking folks across the country, via e-mail, to =
sign on to a letter/statement directed to the Chancellor/Regional =
Superintendents.
We are putting together a list of Friends of NYC's Small Schools. =
Debbie will be e-mailing them. Here's what you can do in the next few =
days.
Scour your address books, e-mail contacts, business card collections, =
rollo-dexes, conference participant lists, parent/graduate lists, etc.
Send in names of folks who know our schools from NYC and the nation, =
e.g. university people, CBO/collaborative partners, former =
Principals-4-a-Day, authors, reporters, poets, artists, professional =
development/support people, theraputic folks, etc.
Include a way to contact them, preferably e-mail. Don't worry about =
duplication, list all the Kozols and Kohls, we'll sort out double =
entries.
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear SSP (small school =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Central Park East I was visited by =
Shelley=20
Harwayne. Her entourage (including a CSD#4 Dep. Sup't) made a =
perfunctory,=20
10 minute visit in search of "instruction". Their inability =
to=20
recognize visible evidence of student work reflective of the depth of=20
their interests left both staff and students shaken and does =
not bode=20
well for our push for progressive networks. Do we have a wolf in =
sheep's=20
clothing here?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Debbie Meier, founder of CPE I, CPESS =
and Center=20
Collaborative Education, is organizing a national response in =
support=20
of NYC's small schools. She will be asking folks across the =
country,=20
via e-mail, to sign on to a letter/statement directed to the=20
Chancellor/Regional Superintendents.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We are putting together a list of =
Friends of NYC's=20
Small Schools. Debbie will be e-mailing them. Here's what =
you can do=20
in the next few days.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Scour your address books, e-mail =
contacts, business=20
card collections, rollo-dexes, conference participant lists, =
parent/graduate=20
lists, etc.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Send in names of folks who know our =
schools from=20
NYC and the nation, e.g. university people, CBO/collaborative =
partners,=20
former Principals-4-a-Day, authors, reporters, poets, artists, =
professional=20
development/support people, theraputic folks, etc.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Include a way to contact them, =
preferably=20
e-mail. Don't worry about duplication, list all the Kozols and =
Kohls,=20
we'll sort out double entries.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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