I can only leave a really quick and short comment since I'm at my parents. But my Mum works for the TDSB and this is what she basically said, and I tend to agree with her::
We have lots of different alternative high schools in Toronto. There is one for kids who are GLBT and having issues, there are ones that work around kids schedules, there are ones for kids with behavioral issues, there are ones that simply teach in a different environment because the kids that go there learn better in that kind of environment. And they were all created because there were kids that were not be addressed properly in the school system. The school(s) in question aren't going to be "black only" and you don't have to go there if you don't want to. They are trying a new Afric-centric program style, because they have noticed that there are a whole group of kids in the system who aren't getting the attention or the right kind of attention that they need.
And I said this was going to be short. *headdesk*
Anyways, on my front? I went to an alternative school, so I definitely see and agree with her point. I needed to have the style of teaching and the environment that the school I went to provided. I probably would have dropped out otherwise, so I don't necessarily think that it's a band aid solution if it is going to get kids through high school and graduating.
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We have lots of different alternative high schools in Toronto. There is one for kids who are GLBT and having issues, there are ones that work around kids schedules, there are ones for kids with behavioral issues, there are ones that simply teach in a different environment because the kids that go there learn better in that kind of environment. And they were all created because there were kids that were not be addressed properly in the school system. The school(s) in question aren't going to be "black only" and you don't have to go there if you don't want to. They are trying a new Afric-centric program style, because they have noticed that there are a whole group of kids in the system who aren't getting the attention or the right kind of attention that they need.
And I said this was going to be short. *headdesk*
Anyways, on my front? I went to an alternative school, so I definitely see and agree with her point. I needed to have the style of teaching and the environment that the school I went to provided. I probably would have dropped out otherwise, so I don't necessarily think that it's a band aid solution if it is going to get kids through high school and graduating.