Posted on 06/07/2007 7:33:07 AM PDT by flutters
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Forty-three percent of Cleveland's public school seniors are flunking and won't get diplomas.
That means nearly 13-hundred of three-thousand seniors failed to pass one or more sections of the five-part state exam.
Students take the test in tenth grade and can retake it six times.
Statewide, the failure rate was seven percent, or nine-thousand students out of 130-thousand seniors across Ohio.
The Cleveland district was put under mayoral control after years of court supervision because of high student failure rates and mismanagement.
“At least the Cavs are doing great!!!.../s
And the Cuyahoga hasn’t spontainously combusted lately either.”
While the river has no nasty steel mills near, thanks to enviro-socialism, it does now support a bass fishery.
Selling bait IS ever sooooo much more profitable than selling steel!
Just so long as though don't have a tattoo.
It's no shock that Councilwoman Fanny Lewis, typically a far-left gadfly, is one of the nation's most outspoken vouchers advocates. The teachers union debaters are scared modell-less of her.
-Eric
Hmmm ... I’ll try that again:
“Just so long as they don’t have a tattoo.”
I'm sorry, I meant An Inconvenient Troof.
LOL...some Freepers would think so!
Ah! spoken like a true American/Capatalist/Pig! :-)
Not exactly AP Stylebook.
While the river has no nasty steel mills near, thanks to enviro-socialism, it does now support a bass fishery.Actually, Mittal Steel's Cleveland plant is running pretty well, despite the efforts of said envirosocialists to agitate the NIMBY crowd
-Eric
So it’s LeBron? Geeeeez, I would have NEVER, EVER known that!!! (being serious here) Guess I will have to watch ESPN to update my spelling skills. Thanks so much for the correction!!....lol
“Thanks so much for the correction!!....lol”
The pleasure was all mine.
P.S. I bet that the proper spelling of LeBron IS covered thoroughly in the Cleveland public schools!!!...lol
That’s what’s wrong with this city. The paper will have the Cavs on the front page for weeks and there is literal idolatry going on with regard to LeBron, but they idiots have their heads in the sand when it comes to the schools.
This city is never going anywhere until they get the schools in shape. They are total boneheads. I’ve lived in suburbs here my entire life - both east and west side - and the politicos in Cleveland are dunces.
No question about it. After all, we all know how very important it is to spell athlete’s (idols) names properly!...../s
LOL. Honestly, there were comments in today’s PD about LeBron being a great role model. The editorial cartoon was a bit about LeBron being the new Saint and redeemer of Cleveland. I think I’m going to hurl....
Nope, that is good news, I am over a 1000 miles from Cleveland.
Yep, no room for teachers, engineers, scientists, doctors, etc. to be role models...(rolling eyes)
You would be surprised at how disinterested most kids are in ANY political issue.
In the ghetto,the last thing students would be concerned about is”global warming”.Its all about getting paid,the fine light skinned girl with the big derriere and Friday’s football game.
Personally,I would LOVE to meet some kids with ANY political views,liberal or otherwise.A tleast they would show interest in something beyond themselves.
I’m with you 100%.
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