tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19127699.post8619544604426474980..comments2008-09-13T21:59:34.707-07:00Akindele F. Akinyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615301401612913192noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19127699.post-60758787632515119622008-09-13T21:59:00.000-07:002008-09-13T21:59:00.000-07:00yeah... it seems the word "truth" is used very loosely around here.Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10589140678072514422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19127699.post-10589370884757207772008-09-04T13:00:00.000-07:002008-09-04T13:00:00.000-07:00The problem is, it's not the truth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19127699.post-17857118946991373152008-09-03T13:19:00.000-07:002008-09-03T13:19:00.000-07:00whatever...truth is truth...Akindele F. Akinyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615301401612913192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19127699.post-26973755093483399402008-09-02T13:52:00.000-07:002008-09-02T13:52:00.000-07:00What a disgrace to Nigerians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19127699.post-21313411989843046432008-09-02T06:31:00.000-07:002008-09-02T06:31:00.000-07:00Right on, Akindele!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19127699.post-74248460044663328022008-08-28T12:40:00.000-07:002008-08-28T12:40:00.000-07:00It's highly doubtful there are gay and lesbian gangs hanging out waiting to molest kids in the bathroom.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19127699.post-9466012527224339042008-08-28T11:40:00.000-07:002008-08-28T11:40:00.000-07:00outlandish claim? are you joking? I work in public schools and see this crap all the time.Akindele F. Akinyemihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11615301401612913192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19127699.post-13351609026626576872008-08-28T09:02:00.000-07:002008-08-28T09:02:00.000-07:00Why shouldn't teachers have input into what the schools do? They work most closely with the students who are underperforming and are far more likely to have insight into the root causes than people who attend monthly meetings and learn most of what they know about the schools from second-hand sources like the newspapers.<BR/><BR/>That said, the violence and academic performance of urban schools correlates with the levels of poverty and lack of economic opportunity in the surrounding communities. Solving the problem of failing schools isn't going to have a magic bullet solution like privatizing all of the public education system. It will most likely require a comprehensive solution that addresses the socioeconomic issues that are the root causes of symptoms like failing students, violence and substance abuse/addiction.<BR/><BR/>All privatizing education is going to do is give a tax break to people who want to send their kids to private schools and further segregate our already highly-segregated communities (which will eliminate the benefit that the impoverished derive from their proximity to active, motivated and educated parents in the public education system who work to improve it for all because it benefits their children).<BR/><BR/>Can you cite a source for your outlandish claim about gay and lesbian gangs? That sounds like a headline straight out of the "Weekly World News."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com