First the news,
(ashlandcitytimes.com) School accountability and community involvement are key to ensuring that all children, regardless of their race, economic background or physical condition, are getting a fair shot at a good education, a panel of educators told NAACP members Friday…
To help them catch up, Elliott-Johnson and other panelists advocated methods such as modifying curriculums for special-needs students, evaluating teachers and principals more frequently and adjusting class time for students who don’t learn well in traditional lecture settings.
“Some of the brightest children learn in non-traditional ways,” said panel member Gwendolyn Watson, urban education specialist with the state Department of Education.
Watson encouraged NAACP members to push for the organization to build awareness of educational issues in communities, help schools set and meet goals and foster discussions about improvements with school officials. (more…)
Parents from all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds have been demanding public schools to do make these kind of moves for years. These are the main core reasons why many parents have been wanting to send their kids to charter schools (something that teacher unions tend to frown on primarily because of the increased accountability). This article also proves just how much the NAACP is in lock-step with teacher unions–not the many black families that have been calling for them to push for these types of demands for years.
