Comments on: City Schools of Decatur – 2009 CRCT Test Scores http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/07/07/city-schools-of-decatur-2009-test-scores/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:15:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Coffeejolts http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/07/07/city-schools-of-decatur-2009-test-scores/#comment-14673 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:30:01 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-14673 Perhaps the teacher was trying to get the children reading for fun. Did you ask the teacher why this book was chosen?

]]> By: Coffeejolts http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/07/07/city-schools-of-decatur-2009-test-scores/#comment-14671 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:25:11 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-14671 Macarolina has it right.

Decatur is still on the upswing. The communities with top schools didn’t get there by accident, and it didn’t happen overnight. I think it is more important to look at the overall trend rather than focus on one poor test in one school. My hunch is that DHS will be a top ten school within ten years. That won’t happen if parents flee instead of getting involved.

]]> By: KC http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/07/07/city-schools-of-decatur-2009-test-scores/#comment-13899 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:21:37 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-13899 Speaking of Nancy Drew…Judge Sotomayor’s interest in the law was sparked as a young girl by reading the Nancy Drew series. Also, Ruth Ginsberg has said that the detetic series was an early influence on her.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/14/AR2009071402892.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

]]> By: Another Rick http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/07/07/city-schools-of-decatur-2009-test-scores/#comment-13747 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:06:52 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-13747 Good points

]]> By: Frances http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/07/07/city-schools-of-decatur-2009-test-scores/#comment-13566 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:42:44 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-13566 Nothing wrong with Nancy Drew. It’s just that my kid and her friends read Nancy Drew in 3rd grade. I also it in 3rd grade.

How about something a little more deep like The Giver, The Golden Compass, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe or True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle?

This was the most difficult book that the class tried to tackle … and at the end of the school year. In fact, it was the only chapter book that I know of that the class covered together I guess i’m crazy, but I just expect more of 6th graders. Much more was expected of me even as a 5th grader.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with an 11 year old sitting around reading Nancy Drew. I just think that most 6th graders can do far more in a language arts class. It was actually a bit of a joke among some of the 6th graders b/c they had read it such a long time ago. They considered it a little kid book.

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