**** ETNI on the web http://www.etni.org.il http://www.etni.org **** -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [etni] Renee Wahl's article in Jerusalem Post From: "Leah Wolf" <ldwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Very important for lots of you to write letters to the editor strengthening/approving/adding to Renee's article so that the issue doesn't die down in one Tuesday morning article. Write to letters@xxxxxxxxx today!! and also on the internet edition there's a place for readers' letters. ETNI wrote: > > (To read the whole article, go to - www.etni.org/news/reneewahl.htm ) > > > > Want to improve the school system? > > The Jerusalem Post > > February 8, 2005 > > By Renee Wahl > > > > The Dovrat Committee Report recommendations for wide-ranging change in > > the nation's education system will do for Israeli schools what Michael > > Jackson's plastic surgeons did for his face. Expensive restructuring > > will result in superficial and cosmetic change. > > > > The committee of administrators and bureaucrats cooked up an educational > > reform plan without meaningful consultation with those who work in the > > field and will need to carry it out. Of the approximately 400 people > > who appeared before the committee including professors, administrators > > and rabbis, only five were teachers. Four were high school students. > > > > Teachers were not surveyed by the committee or by the teachers' unions - > > sadly indicative of the low esteem in which teachers are held. > > > > (To read the whole article, go to - www.etni.org/news/reneewahl.htm ) ##### To send a message to the ETNI list email: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ##### ##### Send queries and questions to: ask@xxxxxxxx #####