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Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Atlanta’s Grady High School
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
This Midtown school has long been the jewel of the Atlanta district, known for its high SAT average (1100), a communications magnet program and a national award-winning newspaper. But this story about the kids who jumped the ex-Marine - who defended himself by stabbing two of them and killing one - has brought out concerns from parents of Grady students (some of the kids involved went to Grady).
Some parents say Grady, sometimes heralded for its racial harmony, has become dangerous and hostile. The school is 66 percent African-American and 29 percent white, a balance that has remained fairly constant over the years.
Grady parents, teachers and students, I need your input! You’re there. You know. I’m not. I don’t. Please contact me at pghezzi@ajc.com or post here. What is the school climate like at Grady?
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Edutainment
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
An eighth-grade science teacher posted this to an earlier thread, saying it is a “disturbing trend” she sees:
“From the students - the idea that science needs to be ‘fun’ - not as opposed to drudgery; I think that, too - but ‘Bill Nye the Science Guy’ or ‘The Magic Schoolbus’ type of fun - all fluff, no substance, no critical thought or proper analysis.”
I have heard this before from teachers who lament that they are expected to be performers, entertaining their students with games, prizes and hands-on activities. At some point, students have to think and that can seem so very not fun.
Teachers, is the pressure to provide edutainment, make every minute of school fun, keeping you from getting past the fluff?
