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321 gets a "B." Is that the sound of property values plummeting??? I always said those people were a bunch of "just slightly above average" pretenders.

Posted by: guest at November 6, 2007 8:16 AM

Oh surprise surprise, Wells Fargo in the news again charged with unscrupulous lending practices and facing sanctions from the court. Never ever use Wells Fargo.

Posted by: guest at November 6, 2007 8:19 AM

PS 32 got a B and 58 got a D. I guess Gowanus property just sky rocketed. These grades are ridiculous. What a waste of time and money. Time and money that could have been better spent in the classroom. I wonder what this little experiment cost.

Posted by: guest at November 6, 2007 8:39 AM

The public school letter grades that were just given out are, IMO, preposterous!

They DO NOT match up with the intensive, detailed and in-depth reports that were released last month. My child's elementary school received an absolutely GLORIOUS written review, suggesting VERY FEW changes to be made for improvement and yet the school received a "C." We were convinced after reading the report that the school would probably get an "A." We also have been at the school for three years and feel it's absolutely wonderful, as does www.insideschools.org

I don't know what's going on here, but I suspect political shenanigans and I recommend that parents searching for schools DO NOT utilize these grades as the only criteria for the selection of their child's school.

I still feel that www.insideschools.org is a much more honest assessment of a particular school's strengths and weaknesses.

Will be interesting to see the blowback to Chancellor Klein and the Department of Education.

Posted by: guest at November 6, 2007 9:42 AM

It cost 80 million dollars. I guess all the families clamoring for variances for ps 58 because they don't want to send their kids to 32 will rush back. Or perhaps start trying to get into PS 15 in Red Hook which got an A. Or perhaps not.

Unfortunately, the grades are more about trying to prop up failing schools instead of informing parents, and it certainly didn't need $80 million dollars that could have been spent directly for education (maybe reducing class sizes?) to tell parents that their failing schools were trying very hard and making some progress. But why tell schools that have fantastic test scores that they are "failing" or "mediocre" simply because the number of kids exceeding the standards fell from 95% to 94% one year? (Which is what the letter grades are based upon.) That is really not helping parents make a thoughtful decision, since most parents would much prefer to send a kid to a D school where 80-90% of the kids regular score above grade level than an "A" school which showed amazing improvement because now 10% instead of 5% of the kids are passing. I would much rather have seen that money spent elsewhere.

Posted by: guest at November 6, 2007 9:47 AM

waa waa waa
my children are the best

Posted by: guest at November 6, 2007 9:48 AM

9:48 am this isn't about the kids being "better" at all. If you were a parent, you might be mor concerned about the huge waste of money spent on this that could have helped struggling kids.

Posted by: guest at November 6, 2007 9:53 AM

Heoollooo Fucktards!!!!! The Mortgage world is imploding. The end of overpriced houses is coming to a end. Commodities is exploding because of inflatiom. New highs for Gold, Oil and anything else we use. I know most of you assheads don't own a car or a home. When it get cold this winter, we will feel the effects of inflation. Now read this dumbasses.

Bond issuance plunges amid credit fears

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ft/20071105/bs_ft/fto110520071805431899;_ylt=Am.scmJ1g6hcVcM_HSh_nHL2ULEF

Rates on bonds will skyrocket! Bank don't trust each other.

The What

Someday this war is gonna end.......

Grammar Nazi's flame on bitches!!!!

Posted by: guest at November 6, 2007 11:13 AM

TW, sad clown. I'll send you one of my billion shares of Google.

Posted by: guest at November 6, 2007 11:16 AM

It takes you two paragraphs to say 321 is still a good school because blah blah blah methodology boring boring boring comparison situations chancellor No Child Left Behind zzzzzz oh excuse me...

It takes me one sentence to say, "321 got a B!"

My truth will win. And you know it.

Posted by: guest at November 6, 2007 4:30 PM

"...my billion shares of Google."

Total volume is 8,411,733. You don't own shit. You're the sad clown.

Posted by: guest at November 6, 2007 4:31 PM

Untrue, 4:31--I own you. And you're shit.

Posted by: guest at November 6, 2007 6:56 PM

Uh hello out there - what are you when you become excited over a neighborhood elementary school that is not rated the best? Silly - even if you're a retard, your good senses should want all schools to be performing well. Don't let your bloggering over-rule your good senses - that keyboard can be your worst enemy if you don't have control over your senses!

Also, if you think hiding your WRITTEN COMMENTS behind your IP address cloaks your identify - that is simply a joke - folks know who you are - it's recorded, silly one! Start helping those neighborhood schools - don't waste time disdaining them - their products may aid or save you in the future.

Posted by: guest at November 6, 2007 10:53 PM