You knew it was coming:
HISD holds off on plan for less math and science:
After hearing critics, Saavedra says a panel will look into proposed change for high schools.
Shall we guess how those critics got started? Plus the headline is wrong. There is no plan for less math or science; a middle school student would have to take a high school-level class in order for the credit to count. HISD can’t just willy-nilly change a requirement like that, because the state of Texas sets those requirements.
On a KNTH-1070 newsbreak yesterday afternoon, I heard the announcer say that HISD has proposed lowering math and science requirements to two years, which isn’t true! Ack! This is the problem with a lone megaphone in town. Those misleading or incorrect headlines and stories get passed around to other media outlets and then the “facts” become gospel.
Of course, this is the second time that Jason Spencer’s reporting has caused HISD to postpone (or entirely change) proposed reforms.
At this point I have to agree with one of our commenters, Bill F:
Am I the only one who has the image of Rosanna Rosannadana stuck in his head every time Jason Spencer works himself into a tizzy in a story with less than half the facts?
I would only add that Spencer appears to be Roseanne Rosannadanna with a bit of Emily Litella thrown in, for good measure.
UPDATE: Just so we get our Gilda Radner characters straight, Bill F thinks (upon further reflection) that maybe it should be more Emily Litella than Roseanne Rosannadanna. We’ll let readers decide for themselves. =)
