Letters to the Editor: Greeley’s proposed schedule change
January 11, 2008
January 14 PTA meeting: Consultant of convenience to confound the issue?
Ben C. Watson, Ph.D.
January 14 PTA meeting: Consultant of convenience to confound the issue?
Dear Editor:
I recently became aware of the proposed change to a modified block schedule at Greeley and look forward to attending the meeting Monday night to learn more about implementation plans.
However, I was surprised to see that the discussion will be lead by Dr. Ehrenworth. While she apparently has credentials in the area of teaching reading and writing ( http://digitalcommons.libraries.columbia.edu/dissertations/AAI3192246/ ), I can find no evidence in scholarly journals that Dr. Ehrenworth has studied the issue of curriculum development under modified block scheduling.
When considering implementation of a change as controversial as modified block scheduling, I wonder why the school district administration appears to have engaged a consultant of convenience rather than someone who has demonstrated expertise in the topic, and to have chosen to conflate the issue of block scheduling with college admissions.
Ben C. Watson, Ph.D.
Ben Watson is Chair of the Speech-language Pathology Department at the School of Public Health at New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY. He has lived in New Castle for 13 years and has two children in its schools.
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