Comments on: Getting Grief From the Public and Staff? Beg for Positive Feedback. http://www.matthewktabor.com/2008/09/09/getting-grief-from-the-public-staff-beg-for-positive-feedback/ In Education for the Aughts, Matthew K. Tabor discusses issues in K-12 and higher education. He examines: college, law school & medical school admissions; NCLB & testing; teaching; teacher certification; parent & community relations; school law; school boards; & national education trends. Matthew is an admissions consultant and private educator. He writes out of Cooperstown, New York. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:30:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Hillsborough County Schools’ Blog Problem is About Communication « UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI EDUCATION STUDENTS http://www.matthewktabor.com/2008/09/09/getting-grief-from-the-public-staff-beg-for-positive-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-3416 Hillsborough County Schools’ Blog Problem is About Communication « UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI EDUCATION STUDENTS Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:51:52 +0000 http://www.matthewktabor.com/?p=415#comment-3416 [...] - in fact, they don’t like criticism much at all, legitimate or otherwise. Remember when HCPS begged for positive feedback because they were fed up with hearing things they didn’t [...] [...] – in fact, they don’t like criticism much at all, legitimate or otherwise. Remember when HCPS begged for positive feedback because they were fed up with hearing things they didn’t [...]

]]> By: Thomas Vaughan http://www.matthewktabor.com/2008/09/09/getting-grief-from-the-public-staff-beg-for-positive-feedback/comment-page-1/#comment-3068 Thomas Vaughan Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:17:11 +0000 http://www.matthewktabor.com/?p=415#comment-3068 Back in March a group of 13 Hillsborough County teachers met with Tampa Tribune editorial page editor Rosemary Goudreau and pointed out the numerous problems with the Springboard program. We spent 3 hours with her detailing the weaknesses of this program as well as a discussion of the deliberate grade inflation and general lack of respect for teachers. Teachers dont like this program because is was not written with with real world children in mind. This is a college prep program and not all kids need to be in college. The only people who will benefit from this is the College Board. They are making big bucks. Back in March a group of 13 Hillsborough County teachers met with Tampa Tribune editorial page editor Rosemary Goudreau and pointed out the numerous problems with the Springboard program. We spent 3 hours with her detailing the weaknesses of this program as well as a discussion of the deliberate grade inflation and general lack of respect for teachers.

Teachers dont like this program because is was not written with with real world children in mind. This is a college prep program and not all kids need to be in college. The only people who will benefit from this is the College Board. They are making big bucks.

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