Comments for Thinking Creatively about School http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com Please give me your thoughts (or react to my thoughts) about Champaign Schools Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:18:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on How do we really do public involvement? by Overcrowd http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/how-do-we-really-do-public-involvement/#comment-159 Overcrowd Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:18:02 +0000 http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/how-do-we-really-do-public-involvement/#comment-159 Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway ... nice blog to visit. cheers, Overcrowd. Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Overcrowd.

]]> Comment on How do we really do public involvement? by Evoreal Team http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/how-do-we-really-do-public-involvement/#comment-119 Evoreal Team Sun, 03 Jun 2007 15:38:49 +0000 http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/how-do-we-really-do-public-involvement/#comment-119 we need no education ! we need no education !

]]> Comment on Where is this kind of thing in C-U? by bflora http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/2007/03/02/where-is-this-kind-of-thing-in-c-u/#comment-82 bflora Mon, 07 May 2007 08:08:43 +0000 http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/2007/03/02/where-is-this-kind-of-thing-in-c-u/#comment-82 The same site now has another tour of the center in Ann Arbor, MI which is Monster-themed: http://www.methodsreporter.com/2007/05/04/826michigan-monster-union-eggers/ The same site now has another tour of the center in Ann Arbor, MI which is Monster-themed:

http://www.methodsreporter.com/2007/05/04/826michigan-monster-union-eggers/

]]> Comment on How do we really do public involvement? by Community Media: Selected Clippings - 04/06/07 « Clippings for PEG Access Television http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/how-do-we-really-do-public-involvement/#comment-47 Community Media: Selected Clippings - 04/06/07 « Clippings for PEG Access Television Sat, 07 Apr 2007 04:21:54 +0000 http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/how-do-we-really-do-public-involvement/#comment-47 [...] In candidate forums and in my written responses to various surveys I have continually beat the drum for community involvement. OK, so what happens if we do make it easier for people to come and if we are able to change the “just trust us attitude”? Will people take advantage of it? I noticed the attendance at the Care3 forum (hosted at the Urban League) did not represent the people who are in that building during the day. In fact, the audience was dominated by people who attended in a quasi professional capacity. Board members, NAACP representatives, Urban League representatives, union, and PTA people filled the room, so where are the parents, teachers, and students whose lives are literally changed daily by the decisions we all make?  I wonder if public meetings are another relic of a bygone era.   —> http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/how-do-we-really-do-public-involvement/ ~ [...] [...] In candidate forums and in my written responses to various surveys I have continually beat the drum for community involvement. OK, so what happens if we do make it easier for people to come and if we are able to change the “just trust us attitude”? Will people take advantage of it? I noticed the attendance at the Care3 forum (hosted at the Urban League) did not represent the people who are in that building during the day. In fact, the audience was dominated by people who attended in a quasi professional capacity. Board members, NAACP representatives, Urban League representatives, union, and PTA people filled the room, so where are the parents, teachers, and students whose lives are literally changed daily by the decisions we all make?  I wonder if public meetings are another relic of a bygone era.   —> http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/how-do-we-really-do-public-involvement/ ~ [...]

]]> Comment on Chamber Candidate Survey by Alan Ryle http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/chamber-candidate-survey/#comment-36 Alan Ryle Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:21:31 +0000 http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/chamber-candidate-survey/#comment-36 The prioities presented are excelant, but perhaps myopic. The frustration that my teacher friends have expressed regarding teaching in a consent decree enviornment are huge. The prioities presented are excelant, but perhaps myopic. The frustration that my teacher friends have expressed regarding teaching in a consent decree enviornment are huge.

]]> Comment on Technology? U of I Community Schools get an F by kabababrubarta http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/2007/01/18/technology-u-of-i-community-schools-get-an-f/#comment-32 kabababrubarta Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:10:38 +0000 http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/2007/01/18/technology-u-of-i-community-schools-get-an-f/#comment-32 Good site! kabababrubarta Good site! kabababrubarta

]]> Comment on NCLB Forum Report by Chuck http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/2007/02/23/nclb-forum-report/#comment-19 Chuck Sat, 24 Feb 2007 16:17:41 +0000 http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/2007/02/23/nclb-forum-report/#comment-19 No one used any electronic slides. WICD TV was there and said they would broadcast some of the forum during some of its news programming. I have no knowledge about what made it to the air though. No one used any electronic slides. WICD TV was there and said they would broadcast some of the forum during some of its news programming. I have no knowledge about what made it to the air though.

]]> Comment on NCLB Forum Report by John Bambenek http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/2007/02/23/nclb-forum-report/#comment-17 John Bambenek Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:30:25 +0000 http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/2007/02/23/nclb-forum-report/#comment-17 Is presentation online anywhere? Didn't have time to go because of the obvious objection hearing on Friday and having to prepare. Is presentation online anywhere? Didn’t have time to go because of the obvious objection hearing on Friday and having to prepare.

]]> Comment on Tribune Editorial about School Funding by cschultz http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/tribune-editorial-about-school-funding/#comment-12 cschultz Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:54:29 +0000 http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/2007/01/28/tribune-editorial-about-school-funding/#comment-12 Very interesting article, and I hope you follow the editorial series. I was confused about several things, however. $20 billion has been dumped into Illinois schools because of Blago's outrageous tax modifications past couple years? Really, where did that $20 billion go? Did anyone in the local schools see it? As an employee of the UofI, I know we got hit hard by those budget bites. I am not saying there is no fat to trim, but the way it was implemented... like a doctor wielding a chainsaw, I would not want to go through that again. Also, I have heard a number of folks, some of which are teachers, decry the Federal NCLB laws as flawed and insufficient. Not being a teacher myself, nor having any children in school, I mostly try to observe and learn from others. I dearly want to see the good intentions of NCLB come to light, instead of an extremely narrow focus on standardized test performance. If legislation like NCLB is actually good and paves the way for something better, I would be 100% behind it. But I have not seen evidence of that, yet. I would love to see a breakdown of that $20 billion - I am really curious where it went. Very interesting article, and I hope you follow the editorial series. I was confused about several things, however.

$20 billion has been dumped into Illinois schools because of Blago’s outrageous tax modifications past couple years? Really, where did that $20 billion go? Did anyone in the local schools see it? As an employee of the UofI, I know we got hit hard by those budget bites. I am not saying there is no fat to trim, but the way it was implemented… like a doctor wielding a chainsaw, I would not want to go through that again.

Also, I have heard a number of folks, some of which are teachers, decry the Federal NCLB laws as flawed and insufficient. Not being a teacher myself, nor having any children in school, I mostly try to observe and learn from others. I dearly want to see the good intentions of NCLB come to light, instead of an extremely narrow focus on standardized test performance. If legislation like NCLB is actually good and paves the way for something better, I would be 100% behind it. But I have not seen evidence of that, yet.

I would love to see a breakdown of that $20 billion – I am really curious where it went.

]]> Comment on About by cschultz http://publiclycrazy.wordpress.com/about/#comment-11 cschultz Fri, 26 Jan 2007 21:08:52 +0000 #comment-11 What is your email? Jeff Trask tells me he is heading over to your place on Monday, and invited me along, saying you wouldn't mind. *grin* What is your email? Jeff Trask tells me he is heading over to your place on Monday, and invited me along, saying you wouldn’t mind. *grin*

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