[CALIBK12] 4th grade reading and prison facilities

[RichardGuy at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/13/08 10:26:55 AM, jmillam at pylusd.org writes:


> Does anyone have a link for the article?  Thanks!
>   
> 
> Joy Millam
> District Librarian / Teacher Librarian
> YALSA's Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers Committee Chairperson
> Valencia High School
> Placentia, CA 
> 714-996-4970 x3250
> jmillam at pylusd.org 
> 
> 



On Thu, 13 Mar 2008, Barbara Duffy wrote:

>
> If you haven't seen this - scroll down to Milton Chen's article What I 
Learned as Principal for a Day.
> Toward the last he comments on prison officials checking how many 4th 
graders are failing Reading so they can plan adequate prison facilities.
>
> Barbara


Here is the link:

     http://www.edutopia.org/principal-for-day

     But -- ask yourself if you would accept this as a source from a student. 
  The writer heard it from another principal for a day.   In fact, it is an 
urban legend, never documented. Google it and it is third graders, fourth 
graders, nine-year-olds.....

     I would love to be wrong on this.   If you have a real source, let me 
know.

     Here's another line from the story: "I doubt that any other profession 
in this country includes "breaks up fights" as part of the job description."

     Right now a guard in Orange County is in trouble for not breaking up a 
fight in a prison -- and letting a prisoner die.

Richard K. Moore, InfoSherpa
Huntington Beach, CA
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