Eugene Shubert
the new William Miller
Joined: 06 Apr 2002
Posts: 1006
Location: Richardson Texas
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 Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:30 pm Post subject: Teaching Math at DISD |
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What is the Dallas Independent School District Trying to Hide?
The following email exchange surprised me. Shouldn't directors of public schools disclose important statistical information upon request? What right do they have to withhold simple statistics about their teacher preparation programs? Why are they being so secretive?
I also wonder about the truthfulness of their first email response. I had asked my first question in the following email at the information fair on Wednesday and was told by a staff member that the number of applicants last year was about 400 and that they only selected 30.
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Date: 2/16/2006 4:28 PM
From: Lucio Pedraza lpedraza[remove]@dallasisd.org
February 16, 2006
Dear Information Fair Attendee:
Thank you for taking time on Wednesday evening to attend an information fair sponsored by the Dallas Independent School District's Alternative Certification Program. We hope that you had all your questions answered and that you are preparing to submit your application packet.
If you have questions concerning our program that were not answered or you thought of additional questions, please send them to me via email at ningram[remove]@dallasisd.org.
Sincerely,
Nell Ingram
Dr. Nell Ingram, Executive Director
Alternative Teacher Certification Program
Kind regards,
Lucio Pedraza
Dallas ISD
Alternative Certification Program
2909 N. Buckner Blvd. 4th Floor
Dallas, TX 75228
(ph) 972-925-6726
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| Quote: | Subject: Numbers for an interested math candidate
From: Eugene Shubert
Date: 2/17/2006 8:09 AM
To: Nell Ingram ningram[remove]@dallasisd.org
Dear Lucio Pedraza,
Thank you for the opportunity to ask you questions by email.
Question 1: Last year, how many openings were there in DISD for secondary math teachers and how many applicants were there for DISD's alternative certification program for secondary math?
Question 2: Last year, how many persons were accepted for the secondary math "Academy" program and how many applicants were there for that?
Thanks again for your time in answering these questions.
Sincerely,
Eugene Shubert
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| Quote: | Subject: Re: Numbers for an interested math candidate
From: Nell Ingram ningram[remove]@dallasisd.org
Date: 2/17/2006 10:06 AM
Mr. Shubert
We had over 200 applicants for math and selected 40. Our records are merged so I don't know the specifics for the Academy.
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| Quote: | Subject: Re: Numbers for an interested math candidate
Date: 2/17/2006 10:32 AM
To: Nell Ingram ningram[remove]@dallasisd.org
Thanks for your quick reply.
Is there anyone you know that could give me a reasonable guess or approximate number in response to my second question?
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| Quote: | Subject: Re: Numbers for an interested math candidate
Date: 2/17/2006 10:56 AM
From: Nell Ingram ningram[remove]@dallasisd.org
I am the Executive Director. That is our response.
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