tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post7987888962043484860..comments2024-03-24T11:39:28.574-04:00Comments on NYC Public School Parents: NYC Public Schools Hit New Low in Number of Intel Science Fair SemifinalistsPatrick Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631038958645725010noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-19539304426092139392010-01-15T16:42:54.987-05:002010-01-15T16:42:54.987-05:00This is just what Himmler(klein) wants! He wants ...This is just what Himmler(klein) wants! He wants to show and prove that public schools and their UFT teachers are failures! HE DOESN'T CARE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-1497134446975957342010-01-15T16:15:13.280-05:002010-01-15T16:15:13.280-05:00To JackPo: In no way am I suggesting using Intel S...To JackPo: In no way am I suggesting using Intel SES as a measure of school performance per se, for many reasons. However, it is impossible to ignore the extraordinary dropoff in NYC schools' performance on Intel and its exact coinciding with mayoral control. There's too little space here to get into why this has happened, but I believe it's a direct result of current DOE policies under Klein. The worst indicator, in my mind, is the huge falloff in the number of schools who are participating in Intel and/or garnering semifinalists. NYC public schools are now almost just down to Bronx Science and Stuyvesant, a far, far cry from the pre-Klein years. In the end, you have to look at Intel STS as just one more symptom of a greater and deeper illness.Steve Kosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837868893003246039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2586988941850907367.post-89378928142059229172010-01-15T14:30:12.920-05:002010-01-15T14:30:12.920-05:00It is not at all clearthat the Intel Science Talen...It is not at all clearthat the Intel Science Talent Search is a good indication of school performance in NYC, or indeed anywhere. The Intel Science Talent Search is a very, very competitive science fair that can sometimes be skewed by "faculty over-involvement" at the semi-finalist level, a phenomenon that's corrected at the finalist level. <br /><br />The trend that you described does not hold for the number of Intel Science Talent Search finalists.JackPohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00460912375647121942noreply@blogger.com