RM> ->    George Mitchell, a Milwaukee education consultant, commented
RM> -> that the study is "significant given that for the last five years
RM> -> that we have heard is that the program has had no impact."
RM> -> He added that "this is going to redefine the debate."
RM>  
RM> But does this mean:
RM>  
RM> A) The teaching is better
RM>  
RM> B) Private schools are better 
RM>  
RM> C) The learning "atmosphere" is better in a private school
RM>  
RM>  
RM> My guess is "C"....  Now if we could just get the gutless
RM> politicians and administrators to impose some discipline in
RM> public schools, and perhaps write off problem students,
RM> maybe we could improve things.....
 
        The results of my masters' project would give evidence to that 
theory.  The needs to be a study of the public schools, or the schools 
had to take the behavior problem students and see how those grades did. 
If you average out the two scores and there is no significant 
difference then the schools should report that there is no difference.
 
        During my project, I raised scores by 2.2 points by simply 
removing students who saw the school pychologist, or who saw the 
intervention team.
 
Keep your stick on the Ice,
Paul
--- TriDog 6.1
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