{"id":74,"date":"2014-09-23T13:54:45","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T17:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?page_id=74"},"modified":"2017-11-30T16:08:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T20:08:48","slug":"wrightslaw-wall-of-shame-comments-open","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/wrightslaw-wall-of-shame-comments-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Wall of Shame &#8211; Comments Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"Wall%20of%20Shame%20-%20Comments%20Open\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">An Occasional Rant<br \/>\n(as time permits)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/images\/confused.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"68\" height=\"65\" \/><strong> Say What?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">There&#8217;s no shortage of people whose behavior has us saying, &#8220;Just when you think you\u2019ve heard everything!\u00a0 Surely you&#8217;re kidding!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Are we the only ones surprised by articles like these? If a story leaves you scratching your head, send it to us. We may post it and give you credit for the catch.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Wall of Shame<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Texas Education Agency back in the headlines over special education firing <\/strong>11\/25\/2017<\/p>\n<p>Wow, the scandals just don\u2019t end in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>The TEA says it fired its new special education director because she didn&#8217;t reveal that she had been accused of covering up sexual abuse allegations in a previous job.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2017\/11\/25\/spedx-special-education-tea\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2017\/11\/25\/spedx-special-education-tea\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/texas-special-education-director-fired-serious-allegations\/\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/texas-special-education-director-fired-serious-allegations\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Special-ed student confined 617 times in 6 months despite state laws<\/strong> 11\/12\/2016<\/p>\n<p>Mother of a 10-year-old with ADHD provided school records showing that her child was put in isolation 148 times over two years. Isolation ranged from 2 min to 3 hrs. No one knows how often this happens because many districts failed to provide data, as required by law.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/education\/special-ed-student-confined-617-times-in-6-months-despite-state-laws\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/education\/special-ed-student-confined-617-times-in-6-months-despite-state-laws\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>What Texas did to its special-education students <\/strong>09\/18\/2016<\/p>\n<p>8.5%. 8.5%. 8.5%. In 2015, Texas met it&#8217;s goal of 8.5%, down from nearly 13% in 2004. Congrats folks! You did it! Time for a bonus?<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, nearly 13% of Texas students received special ed services. In 2004, Texas education officials decided that only 8.5% of students should get special ed services. TEA audited districts &amp; required them to submit &#8216;corrective action plans&#8217; about how they would reduce the number of children served. These decisions were never announced or explained to the public &#8211; including parents of children with disabilities who desperately tried to get the services their children needed.<\/p>\n<p>Who was hurt? Children with autism, ADHD, dyslexia, epilepsy, mental illnesses, speech impairments, traumatic brain injuries, even blindness and deafness were denied. Who benefited? The Texas Education Agency saved billions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/answer-sheet\/wp\/2016\/09\/18\/what-texas-did-to-its-special-education-students\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/answer-sheet\/wp\/2016\/09\/18\/what-texas-did-to-its-special-education-students\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>ACLU files suit claiming young boy\u2019s rights were violated when he was handcuffed at KC elementary school\u00a0<\/strong> 09\/08\/2016<\/p>\n<p>Kalyb was just 7 years old, stood less than 4 feet tall and weighed less than 50 pounds when a Kansas City police officer handcuffed him for crying.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fox4kc.com\/2016\/09\/08\/aclu-files-suit-claiming-young-boys-rights-were-violated-when-he-was-handcuffed-at-kc-elementary-school\/\">http:\/\/fox4kc.com\/2016\/09\/08\/aclu-files-suit-claiming-young-boys-rights-were-violated-when-he-was-handcuffed-at-kc-elementary-school\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lawsuit: Boy With Disabilities Forced To Sign Terrorist Confession <\/strong>08\/19\/2016<\/p>\n<p>Family files lawsuit when school officials ignored repeated and severe incidents of bullying from older students and forced their son to confess, under extreme duress, to a terrorist act and crimes he did not commit, and \u201cthat he was a member of ISIS, a vile and infamous terrorist organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.disabilityscoop.com\/2016\/08\/19\/suit-disabilities-terrorist\/22645\/\">https:\/\/www.disabilityscoop.com\/2016\/08\/19\/suit-disabilities-terrorist\/22645\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lawsuit: Deputy shackled 2 kids with ADHD <\/strong>08\/04\/2015<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Kentucky deputy shackled two children with disabilities as punishment for misbehavior at school. The use of force traumatized the children according to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union this week.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2015\/08\/04\/lawsuit-ky-deputy-shackled-2-disabled-students\/31102823\/\">http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2015\/08\/04\/lawsuit-ky-deputy-shackled-2-disabled-students\/31102823\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you have a strong stomach, the video is here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/72vu6nxZX58\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/72vu6nxZX58<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Hat tip to Grace for this one from 2014.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve added it to the Wall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>School Punishes Blind 8-Year-Old By Replacing His Cane With a Pool Noodle <\/strong>12\/18\/2014<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would you do that?\u201d Dakota\u2019s mother asked Fox. \u201cWhy would you take the one thing that he\u2019s supposed to use all the time? <strong>That\u2019s his eyes.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Administrators at a Missouri elementary school punished a blind student for misbehaving on the bus Monday by confiscating his cane and replacing it with a pool noodle so he wouldn\u2019t \u201cfidget.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/3639778\/blind-boy-cane-noodle-dakota-nafzinger\/\">http:\/\/time.com\/3639778\/blind-boy-cane-noodle-dakota-nafzinger\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Virginia school suspends an 11-year-old for one year over a leaf that wasn\u2019t marijuana<\/strong> 03\/16\/2015<\/p>\n<p>A sixth-grader in the gifted-and-talented program was suspended for one year after an assistant principal found something that looked like a marijuana leaf in his backpack.\u00a0 He&#8217;s become withdrawn, depressed, and he suffers from panic attacks. He is worried his life is over and that he will never get into college.<\/p>\n<p>The only problem? The &#8220;leaf&#8221; found in the student&#8217;s backpack wasn&#8217;t what authorities thought it was &#8212; it tested negative for marijuana three separate times.<\/p>\n<p>The student has returned to school under strict probation, but has to attend a different school, separate from his former friends and peers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2015\/03\/16\/virginia-school-suspends-an-11-year-old-for-one-year-over-a-leaf-that-wasnt-marijuana\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2015\/03\/16\/virginia-school-suspends-an-11-year-old-for-one-year-over-a-leaf-that-wasnt-marijuana\/ <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Boy with Asperger\u2019s syndrome hospitalized after brutal school attack<\/strong> 02\/25\/2015<\/p>\n<p>In Liberty, MO, a little boy says he was beat up so badly at school that police had to be called. What makes this worse is that the mother tried to warn the school of the student in question a month ago with a letter. She says nothing was done.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kmov.com\/news\/talkers\/Boy-with-Aspergers-syndrome-hospitalized-after-brutal-school-attack---294116641.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.kmov.com\/news\/talkers\/Boy-with-Aspergers-syndrome-hospitalized-after-brutal-school-attack&#8212;294116641.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shaming Students One Wall at a Time<\/strong>. 02\/16\/2015<\/p>\n<p>The losers in school know who they are at a young age \u2013 usually by kindergarten or first grade.<\/p>\n<p>And losers are easy to pick out, because their reading progress, or lack there of, is usually displayed on a bulletin board somewhere in the school for everyone to see.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/conversationed.com\/2015\/02\/16\/shaming-students-one-wall-at-a-time\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/conversationed.com\/2015\/02\/16\/shaming-students-one-wall-at-a-time\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>In D.C., a 13-year-old piano prodigy is treated as a truant instead of a star student <\/strong>09\/08\/2014<\/p>\n<p>DC Public Schools label Avery Gagliano, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VC28vsf9cuY\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">piano prodigy<\/span><\/a>, as a truant for her worldwide performance-related absences.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/in-dc-a-12-year-old-piano-prodigy-is-treated-as-a-truant-instead-of-a-star-student\/2014\/09\/08\/58962746-3727-11e4-bdfb-de4104544a37_story.html?tid=pm_local_pop\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/in-dc-a-12-year-old-piano-prodigy-is-treated-as-a-truant-instead-of-a-star-student\/2014\/09\/08\/58962746-3727-11e4-bdfb-de4104544a37_story.html?tid=pm_local_pop<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yet DCPS touts a wonderful first week of school with too many smiles to count.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first day is so much fun, and I want that enthusiasm and that love for school to continue throughout the entire year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DCPS stated their goal this year as &#8220;a world-class education \u2026..\u00a0 focusing on educating the whole student, including social and emotional support and ensuring students love school.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dcps.dc.gov\/DCPS\/About+DCPS\/Press+Releases+and+Announcements\/Press+Releases\/DCPS+Begins+New+School+Year+with+Highest+Number+of+Students+in+Five+Years\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> http:\/\/dcps.dc.gov\/DCPS\/About+DCPS\/Press+Releases+and+Announcements\/Press+Releases\/DCPS+Begins+New+School+Year+with+Highest+Number+of+Students+in+Five+Years<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Poor Avery is not loving school this year. Guess common sense is not part of that world-class education.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zero tolerance policies run amok <\/strong>04\/22\/2013<\/p>\n<p>Teachers can also be victims of &#8220;zero tolerance policies&#8221; when school admins have too much power and NO common sense. A second-grade teacher was suspended after he displayed garden-variety tools such as wrenches, pliers and screwdrivers in his classroom as part of a &#8220;tool discussion&#8221; in his class.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnsnews.com\/blog\/craig-bannister\/teacher-sues-school-over-suspension-weapons-charge-showing-students-garden\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">cnsnews.com\/blog\/craig-bannister\/teacher-sues-school-over-suspension-weapons-charge-showing-students-garden<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>School staff duct-taped girl with Down syndrome to her shoes <\/strong>02\/06\/2013<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An Indiana family is furious this week after their daughter, who has Down syndrome, came home from school with her shoes duct-taped painfully to her ankles.<\/p>\n<p>Shaylyn Searcy, 8, was in a special needs class at Westlake Elementary School in Indianapolis. When she got home from school on Monday, her parents Nate and Elizabeth Searcy were shocked to see what someone had done to her with duct tape.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/todaynews.today.com\/_news\/2013\/02\/06\/16873189-school-staff-duct-taped-girl-with-down-syndrome-to-her-shoes\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/todaynews.today.com\/_news\/2013\/02\/06\/16873189-school-staff-duct-taped-girl-with-down-syndrome-to-her-shoes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>New Caney ISD Says \u201cNo\u201d to Walker for a Child with CP <\/strong>03\/30\/2012<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Two doctors say that 5-year-old LaKay Roberts should continue to use her walker but New Caney ISD ordered her to use a wheelchair. Going from a walker to a wheelchair will reverse years of progress LaKay has made.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">LaKay\u2019s mom recorded a conversation with a school official and uploaded the recording to YouTube where it has racked up more than 50,000 views. After the 5 year old fell in the parking lot when walking her mother, a school official insists that it\u2019s not safe for LaKay to use the walker. If her mother wants to fight his decision, she needs to go to court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">**include link to the blog post you plan to write\u00a0 &#8211; OR the links below &#8211; or both***<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.disabilityscoop.com\/2012\/03\/30\/school-says-no-to-walker\/15284\/\">http:\/\/www.disabilityscoop.com\/2012\/03\/30\/school-says-no-to-walker\/15284\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3BTVNQRkKfY\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3BTVNQRkKfY<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Wisconsin DPI staff &#8211; Time to read the law! 07\/08\/2011<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>A friend of mine called our Department of Public Instruction last week with questions about her son with Dyslexia. DPI stated that Wisconsin nor the Federal Government even consider this word \u201cDyslexia\u201d to use as a form of disability.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Well my friend and I attended a Wrightslaw Conference last year and learned the Federal Government uses the word \u201cDyslexia\u201d. Very frustrated with why schools continue not to use \u201cDyslexia\u201d and they wonder why kids with disabilities get past through the system year after year.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jeez! Shouldn\u2019t the Wisconsin DPI staff have to read the law and regulations before they are allowed to tell citizens what the law says and doesn\u2019t say? As a person who attended a Wrightslaw Special Ed Law &amp; Advocacy program, you knew the right answer and where to find it!<\/p>\n<p>A state cannot provide fewer rights than the federal law (IDEA).<\/p>\n<p>I went to the Wisconsin DPI site, searched for the legal definition of \u201cSpecific Learning Disability\u201d in the Wisconsin statute and regulations. The Wisconsin definition of SLD is identical to the federal definition and DOES include \u201cdyslexia.\u201d<br \/>\nHere is one of several links to the definition of \u201cSpecific Learning Disability\u201d on the Wisc DPI site: \u2028<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dpi.state.wi.us\/sped\/pi11_0701.html#ld\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">http:\/\/www.dpi.state.wi.us\/sped\/pi11_0701.html#ld<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Hmmmmm?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/healthland.time.com\/2010\/12\/17\/study-living-near-a-highway-may-contribute-to-autism-risk\/\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Study: Living Near a Highway May Contribute to Autism Risk<\/span><\/a> 12\/17\/2010<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/healthland.time.com\/2010\/12\/17\/study-living-near-a-highway-may-contribute-to-autism-risk\/\">http:\/\/healthland.time.com\/2010\/12\/17\/study-living-near-a-highway-may-contribute-to-autism-risk\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">which is based on this&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/ehp03.niehs.nih.gov\/article\/info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.1002835\">http:\/\/ehp03.niehs.nih.gov\/article\/info%3Adoi%2F10.1289%2Fehp.1002835<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>NCLB is now a threat to national security?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5+14+29=48 percent. Nearly 50% of adults are illiterate or possess only the most basis literacy skills. How can you sustain a democracy when nearly half the population is illiterate or barely literate? Isn&#8217;t this a national security issue?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ednews.org\/articles\/25685\/1\/Stopping-Adult-Illiteracy-at-the-Source\/Page1.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Stopping Adult Illiteracy at the Source<\/span><\/a> 05\/16\/2008<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/ednews.org\/articles\/25685\/1\/Stopping-Adult-Illiteracy-at-the-Source\/Page1.html\">http:\/\/ednews.org\/articles\/25685\/1\/Stopping-Adult-Illiteracy-at-the-Source\/Page1.html<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nTom Sticht<br \/>\nColumnist EducationNews.org<br \/>\nIn 2003, the National Assessment of Adult Literacy from the U. S. Department of Education indicated that as many as 5 percent of adults over the age of 16 were non-literate in English (that&#8217;s 11 million adults), 14 percent (30 million)were below basic in literacy, and another 29 percent (63 million) possessed only basic literacy skills.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The Affirmative Action Office of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis&#8230;didn&#8217;t want to hear the truth. The office ruled that my &#8216;repeatedly reading the book . . . constitutes racial harassment in that you demonstrated disdain and insensitivity to your co-workers.'&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newswithviews.com\/Duke\/selwyn92.htm\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Read a Book Get Charged with Sexual Harassment<\/span><\/a> 05\/13\/2008<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newswithviews.com\/Duke\/selwyn92.htm\">http:\/\/www.newswithviews.com\/Duke\/selwyn92.htm<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><br \/>\nThe California Education Dept wants $500,000 so they can &#8220;study&#8221; why students with disabilities often fail the states exit exam. They can send me the 500K because I know the answer. They haven&#8217;t taught the kids what they need to know to pass the $%&amp;^ exam.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2008\/04\/05\/BAVU10094D.DTL&amp;amp;type=education\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">State asked to study special-ed exam failures<\/span><\/a> 04\/05\/2008<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2008\/04\/05\/BAVU10094D.DTL&amp;amp;type=education\">http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/2008\/04\/05\/BAVU10094D.DTL&amp;amp;type=education<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is a great inducement to get kids who aren&#8217;t superstars or who\u00a0 &#8220;appear ambivalent about their studies&#8221; to stop cluttering up the school hallways and drop out sooner, not later. Since it&#8217;s impossible to measure &#8220;ambivalence,&#8221; how will the administrators at this middle school know if a child has &#8220;improved.&#8221; Will boring, uninspiring teachers be next? Nah.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/04\/04\/education\/04middle.html?ex=1365134400&amp;amp;en=819f73da5401d62d&amp;amp;ei=5088&amp;amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;amp;emc=rss\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">School\u2019s New Rule for Pupils in Trouble: No Fun<\/span><\/a> 04\/04\/2008<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/04\/04\/education\/04middle.html?ex=1365134400&amp;amp;en=819f73da5401d62d&amp;amp;ei=5088&amp;amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;amp;emc=rss\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/04\/04\/education\/04middle.html?ex=1365134400&amp;amp;en=819f73da5401d62d&amp;amp;ei=5088&amp;amp;partner=rssnyt&amp;amp;emc=rss<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">********************************************************************<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Occasional Rant (as time permits) Say What? 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