Teacher put ads on test papers
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:51 am
This story gave me a chuckle: http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/ ... -ads_N.htm
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Re: Teacher put ads on test papers
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:56 am
At least it's not a female teacher advertising her summer job in the Bikini Car Wash. Those tend to get you fired......
Re: Teacher put ads on test papers
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:30 am
I am gonna whine like littlebeast!
The story won't come up for me!
The story won't come up for me!
Re: Teacher put ads on test papers
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:37 am
To summarize, the calculus teacher likes giving lots of tests, so that the students can get lots of practice before the finals, but the copying fee for all of those is upwards of $500 while his official copying budget is only around $300. He's started asking for "sponsorships" of the test, which have mostly been well-wishing messages from parents.peacock2121 wrote:I am gonna whine like littlebeast!
The story won't come up for me!
Re: Teacher put ads on test papers
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:37 am
Whine Like Littlebeast should become part of the Bored Lexicon!!!!!!!!!!!!peacock2121 wrote:I am gonna whine like littlebeast!
The story won't come up for me!
Re: Teacher put ads on test papers
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:58 am
How inventive and wonderful.MarleysGh0st wrote:To summarize, the calculus teacher likes giving lots of tests, so that the students can get lots of practice before the finals, but the copying fee for all of those is upwards of $500 while his official copying budget is only around $300. He's started asking for "sponsorships" of the test, which have mostly been well-wishing messages from parents.peacock2121 wrote:I am gonna whine like littlebeast!
The story won't come up for me!
I would be a sponsor if requested.
Re: Teacher put ads on test papers
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:59 am
minimetoo26 wrote:Whine Like Littlebeast should become part of the Bored Lexicon!!!!!!!!!!!!peacock2121 wrote:I am gonna whine like littlebeast!
The story won't come up for me!
You mean it is not already?
Re: Teacher put ads on test papers
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:23 pm
Towards the end of the school year parents in our district are often asked to donate copy paper because there is no money left in the budget.MarleysGh0st wrote:To summarize, the calculus teacher likes giving lots of tests, so that the students can get lots of practice before the finals, but the copying fee for all of those is upwards of $500 while his official copying budget is only around $300. He's started asking for "sponsorships" of the test, which have mostly been well-wishing messages from parents.peacock2121 wrote:I am gonna whine like littlebeast!
The story won't come up for me!
One year Arnold took away funding in the middle of the year (December), so the elementary school only had $84 left in the toilet paper budget until June and no money left for copy paper. PTA gifted the school $10,000 to cover paper for copiers and toilets.
Re: Teacher put ads on test papers
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:23 pm
Whine like littlebeast would be a good name for a rock band.peacock2121 wrote:I am gonna whine like littlebeast!
The story won't come up for me!
Re: Teacher put ads on test papers
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:14 pm
It would be.The Fake Dave Berry wrote:Whine like littlebeast would be a good name for a rock band.peacock2121 wrote:I am gonna whine like littlebeast!
The story won't come up for me!
Re: Teacher put ads on test papers
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:54 pm
Sorry if the link didn't work for some or all of you. I did it quickly before leaving for work this morning. I subscribe to USA Today, so perhaps that made it work for me and not for sharing?
Often when news stories like this are shared it's possible to go to Google then the "news" section and type in keywords and find the article flying around the internet.
Tom Farber gives a lot of tests. He's a calculus teacher, after all.
So when administrators at Rancho Bernardo, his suburban San Diego high school, announced the district was cutting spending on supplies by nearly a third, Farber had a problem. At 3 cents a page, his tests would cost more than $500 a year. His copying budget: $316. But he wanted to give students enough practice for the big tests they'll face in the spring, such as the Advanced Placement exam.
"Tough times call for tough actions," he says. So he started selling ads on his test papers: $10 for a quiz, $20 for a chapter test, $30 for a semester final.
San Diego magazine and The San Diego Union-Tribune featured his plan just before Thanksgiving, and Farber came home from a few days out of town to 75 e-mail requests for ads. So far, he has collected $350. His semester final is sold out.
That worries Robert Weissman, managing director of Commercial Alert, a Washington-based non-profit that fights commercialization in school and elsewhere. If test-papers-as-billboards catches on, he says, schools in the grip of tough economic times could start relying on them to help the bottom line.
"The advertisers are paying for something, and it's access to kids," he says.
About two-thirds of Farber's ads are inspirational messages underwritten by parents. Others are ads for local businesses, such as two from a structural engineering firm and one from a dentist who urges students, "Brace Yourself for a Great Semester!"
Principal Paul Robinson says reaction has been "mixed," but he notes, "It's not like, 'This test is brought to you by McDonald's or Nike.' "
To Farber, 47, it's a logical solution: "We're expected to do more with less."
The National Education Association says teachers spend about $430 out of their pockets each year for school supplies. This semester, Christine Van Ruiten, a teacher at E.C. Reems, a charter school in East Oakland, has spent $2,000. She scours Craigslist for free supplies and posts requests to DonorsChoose.org, which matches teachers with donors.
Founded in 2000 by Charles Best, then a Bronx teacher, DonorsChoose has funded about 65,000 projects totaling $26 million. Best calls it "a more dignified, substantive alternative for teachers than selling candy door-to-door — and certainly than selling ad space on final exams. That's crazy."
Often when news stories like this are shared it's possible to go to Google then the "news" section and type in keywords and find the article flying around the internet.
Tom Farber gives a lot of tests. He's a calculus teacher, after all.
So when administrators at Rancho Bernardo, his suburban San Diego high school, announced the district was cutting spending on supplies by nearly a third, Farber had a problem. At 3 cents a page, his tests would cost more than $500 a year. His copying budget: $316. But he wanted to give students enough practice for the big tests they'll face in the spring, such as the Advanced Placement exam.
"Tough times call for tough actions," he says. So he started selling ads on his test papers: $10 for a quiz, $20 for a chapter test, $30 for a semester final.
San Diego magazine and The San Diego Union-Tribune featured his plan just before Thanksgiving, and Farber came home from a few days out of town to 75 e-mail requests for ads. So far, he has collected $350. His semester final is sold out.
That worries Robert Weissman, managing director of Commercial Alert, a Washington-based non-profit that fights commercialization in school and elsewhere. If test-papers-as-billboards catches on, he says, schools in the grip of tough economic times could start relying on them to help the bottom line.
"The advertisers are paying for something, and it's access to kids," he says.
About two-thirds of Farber's ads are inspirational messages underwritten by parents. Others are ads for local businesses, such as two from a structural engineering firm and one from a dentist who urges students, "Brace Yourself for a Great Semester!"
Principal Paul Robinson says reaction has been "mixed," but he notes, "It's not like, 'This test is brought to you by McDonald's or Nike.' "
To Farber, 47, it's a logical solution: "We're expected to do more with less."
The National Education Association says teachers spend about $430 out of their pockets each year for school supplies. This semester, Christine Van Ruiten, a teacher at E.C. Reems, a charter school in East Oakland, has spent $2,000. She scours Craigslist for free supplies and posts requests to DonorsChoose.org, which matches teachers with donors.
Founded in 2000 by Charles Best, then a Bronx teacher, DonorsChoose has funded about 65,000 projects totaling $26 million. Best calls it "a more dignified, substantive alternative for teachers than selling candy door-to-door — and certainly than selling ad space on final exams. That's crazy."