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Above Mark is
wondering what he got himself into |
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Good TV program
that aired on December 5th The Player is
required and free download –
choose RealPlayer from menu |
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Roosevelt Park Community School |
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The
online clips are in 2 parts – longest clip sets scene—gung ho, then
frustration, then some insight into ‘whose fault’ it is – kid’s lack
attention? Parents? Then ‘social conditions’ ---- and 2nd part
adding depth |
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Both episodes
use interviews with Principal Steve Riley to sum up and give perspective |
G&M
article on Roosevelt as ‘special place’ |
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Article
recounts the ‘special needs’ such as 40 of 200 students were in government care
a few years back. But then the article goes on to celebrate the innovations:
PACES and PALS etc |
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2 0 0 6 |
Poverty in PR the forgotten issue |
I’ll update this file later
– things only got worse in 2006 – rising to 7.1 in Sept
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Hertman report 2004
Poverty is ‘reason’ schools doing so
poorly provincially |
Socio-economic
for North Coast (8.8Meg PDF) |
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I’ll update this soon – but
older data implies PR better off than others in NW |
I’d argue most our crime
‘poverty related |
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Note how the Roosevelt school
area is among poorest in Province -- |
‘Inner city poverty’ but in
PR |
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May 26th |
The issue no one talks about – poverty in PR (story later) see Social indicators BC Stats |
Schools only one
manifestation of extreme income inequality etc in PR |
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Created by LG on 10/1/2007
Last updated on Wednesday, January 10, 2007