tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496555945766172262.post4034529464535648006..comments2024-03-04T06:15:41.424-05:00Comments on BaltoNorth: BCPS AIM controversy: Baltimore Sun drops ball, downplays number & passion of AIM opponentsDave Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07904607347997412872noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496555945766172262.post-62183737201005164552010-01-15T00:16:59.871-05:002010-01-15T00:16:59.871-05:00Without a doubt, one of the most infuriating aspec...Without a doubt, one of the most infuriating aspects of this entire AIM fiasco is the fact that so many BCPS man hours, resources and funds have already been diverted from classrooms all over the county and instead been put to use to transform a 20-year old “container” idea into an unwieldy and redundant exercise in data overkill. To put it bluntly, the AIM progress reporting system is simply Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496555945766172262.post-23594746245897169982010-01-14T20:46:16.804-05:002010-01-14T20:46:16.804-05:00Parents, are you aware that a former BCPS teacher ...Parents, are you aware that a former BCPS teacher of the year and current president of the TEACHER'S union was turned away from the meeting of the committee to "streamline" AIM? The superintendent has demonstrated his unwilliingness to be inclusive. His refusal to allow Ms. Bost into the dialogue reflects his fear of including an honest, knowledgeable representative who will not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496555945766172262.post-77314701125229919912010-01-14T08:03:34.195-05:002010-01-14T08:03:34.195-05:00This teacher is grateful for your willingness to l...This teacher is grateful for your willingness to listen, comment, and get involved as a parent. Implementation of AIM truly is a parent concern. This inadequate, redundant, and self-serving tool copyrighted by a friend of the superintendent and employee of the system is only one example of the lack of transparency and collaboration in favor of focused concern on personal advantage of a very fewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3496555945766172262.post-61300062535827786602010-01-14T07:01:09.699-05:002010-01-14T07:01:09.699-05:00Thank you so much for writing this.... the teacher...Thank you so much for writing this.... the teachers of BCPS are not the "minority." In fact many could not come because they were attending after school, clubs, sports and assemblies. We need to continue to fight this - the time that this will take away from instruction is ridiculous. Those of us who will not allow the time to be taken away from instruction will jeopardize our Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com