Comments on: Unlocking the Story of Locke High School http://witnessla.com/education/2008/admin/unlocking-the-story-of-locke-high-school/ street news, views and stories of justice and injustice Tue, 22 May 2012 20:39:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Celeste Fremon http://witnessla.com/education/2008/admin/unlocking-the-story-of-locke-high-school/comment-page-1/#comment-21060 Celeste Fremon Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:47:09 +0000 http://witnessla.com/education/2008/admin/unlocking-the-story-of-locke-high-school/#comment-21060 Good queston, Woody. I think, as with poetry, it should be in the eye of the beholder. Good queston, Woody. I think, as with poetry, it should be in the eye of the beholder.

]]> By: Celeste Fremon http://witnessla.com/education/2008/admin/unlocking-the-story-of-locke-high-school/comment-page-1/#comment-21059 Celeste Fremon Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:45:51 +0000 http://witnessla.com/education/2008/admin/unlocking-the-story-of-locke-high-school/#comment-21059 Listener, I think that's a VERY good idea. And some of these students are super bright, so would do an excellent job. Listener, I think that’s a VERY good idea. And some of these students are super bright, so would do an excellent job.

]]> By: Woody http://witnessla.com/education/2008/admin/unlocking-the-story-of-locke-high-school/comment-page-1/#comment-21036 Woody Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:15:57 +0000 http://witnessla.com/education/2008/admin/unlocking-the-story-of-locke-high-school/#comment-21036 Just curious. Is that "progress" with a short or a long letter "O"? Just curious. Is that “progress” with a short or a long letter “O”?

]]> By: Listener http://witnessla.com/education/2008/admin/unlocking-the-story-of-locke-high-school/comment-page-1/#comment-21022 Listener Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:41:32 +0000 http://witnessla.com/education/2008/admin/unlocking-the-story-of-locke-high-school/#comment-21022 <i>And no one’s doing that story. [. . .] I really, really wish I could do it.</i> As was one said to me, <i>Be an extender.</i> You and Alan could coach one (or, two) of those sharp students you have through the process. S'okay. It's not the same as if a hot-shot professional did it, and a J-student might not be give the same level of access, but books have written on this kind of stuff. I can easily imagine a couple of J-school students following a "clutch" of students through the year. Or, who do you know in cultural anthropology who wants to do an ethnography? Graduate students have launched academic careers on these kinds of <i>natural experiments</i>. A couple of slices of bread does not a whole loaf make, but it beats an empty space? And no one’s doing that story. [. . .] I really, really wish I could do it.

As was one said to me, Be an extender. You and Alan could coach one (or, two) of those sharp students you have through the process. S’okay. It’s not the same as if a hot-shot professional did it, and a J-student might not be give the same level of access, but books have written on this kind of stuff. I can easily imagine a couple of J-school students following a “clutch” of students through the year. Or, who do you know in cultural anthropology who wants to do an ethnography? Graduate students have launched academic careers on these kinds of natural experiments.

A couple of slices of bread does not a whole loaf make, but it beats an empty space?

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