Playing into parental fears about the rising cost of a college education, the P & C has again published this week the educational establishment's fictitous "scholarship money earned" press releases. According to reporters Courrege and Hagen (who as usual report without analyzing), "Charleston students earned more this past year than each of the four previous years, and more than half of the district's 2007 graduates will have scholarship money as they head to post-secondary education this fall."This "news" is a tactic of the educational establishment to make itself look good. It has virtually nothing to do with "scholarship" and precious little to do with parental worries over how to pay for college. For an analysis of how these "funny" numbers work, see my posting of last August: Oh, No! Not in South Carolina Too!
The good news that can be gleaned from this year's obfuscations is that Burke High School (whose numbers have risen) finally has a guidance counselor attuned to the college applications game "as she is played." No school deserves it more!
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I am glad Burke finally has a competent guidance counselor. Maybe James Island can learn for that. Guidance Director at JICHS is an incompetent lady and knows nothing about educating students.
This is exactly what the P&C and its reporters do that is so annoying. They "as usual report without analyzing". No wonder our community is so uninformed about education issues. Why not report on what makes a guidance counselor successful as so many students try to navigate through a sea of useless numbers like this, misleading information and edu-speak hype?
I thought Ms. Simmons left Burke. Who is left?
The Charter School for Math & Science and its organizing committee's proposal to use Rivers starting in 2008-2009 are two items on the county school board's agenda this evening. It remains to be seen if there is genuine support for reviving public education on the peninsula or just talk. This diverse group of parents and community activists will soon find out if the administration is about creating solutions or constructing obsticles.
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