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43 percent of Cleveland seniors flunking
WSYX Channel 6 News ^ | June 7, 2007

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.


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To: Inquisitive1

“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!


21 posted on 06/07/2007 7:54:36 AM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principle)
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To: RockinRight
"Mom’s a whore with a new man every week who snorts coke."

Just so long as though don't have a tattoo.

22 posted on 06/07/2007 7:54:52 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: flutters
IIRC, Cleveland is one of the districts still using "whole language" instead of phonics.

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

23 posted on 06/07/2007 7:54:57 AM PDT by E Rocc (Myspace "Freepers" group moderator)
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To: BenLurkin; RockinRight

Hmmm ... I’ll try that again:

“Just so long as they don’t have a tattoo.”


24 posted on 06/07/2007 7:57:28 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Riverman94610
I can gurantee that if you went into the hood and brought up the subject of Al Gore and An Inconvenient Truth,the vast majority of kids wouldn’t have the slightest idea of what you were talking about.

I'm sorry, I meant An Inconvenient Troof.

25 posted on 06/07/2007 7:58:08 AM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: BenLurkin

LOL...some Freepers would think so!


26 posted on 06/07/2007 7:58:17 AM PDT by RockinRight (Tom Duncan Tanchunterchanan supporters should look at a WINNER: Fred Dalton Thompson!)
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To: GladesGuru
Selling bait IS ever sooooo much more profitable than selling steel!

Ah! spoken like a true American/Capatalist/Pig! :-)

27 posted on 06/07/2007 8:00:28 AM PDT by Inquisitive1 (I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance - Socrates)
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To: Clam Digger

Not exactly AP Stylebook.


28 posted on 06/07/2007 8:01:14 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: GladesGuru
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

29 posted on 06/07/2007 8:03:58 AM PDT by E Rocc (Myspace "Freepers" group moderator)
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To: stockstrader
*** I’m sure that the math questions are white-biased also. I bet there are none that are race neutral like, “LaBron is 6 for 12 from the field and 3 for 4 from the foul line. How many points does LaBron have”? ***

Gee, it's odd for someone who has spelling issues to bash at education.
LeBron went to a private school, did you?
30 posted on 06/07/2007 8:09:24 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's not a war on terror... it's a war with islam.)
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To: brownsfan

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


31 posted on 06/07/2007 8:13:36 AM PDT by stockstrader (We need a conservative candidate who will UNITE the Party, not a liberal one to DIVIDE it!)
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To: stockstrader

“Thanks so much for the correction!!....lol”

The pleasure was all mine.


32 posted on 06/07/2007 8:17:40 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's not a war on terror... it's a war with islam.)
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To: brownsfan

P.S. I bet that the proper spelling of LeBron IS covered thoroughly in the Cleveland public schools!!!...lol


33 posted on 06/07/2007 8:20:07 AM PDT by stockstrader (We need a conservative candidate who will UNITE the Party, not a liberal one to DIVIDE it!)
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To: stockstrader

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.


34 posted on 06/07/2007 8:22:11 AM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: Paved Paradise

No question about it. After all, we all know how very important it is to spell athlete’s (idols) names properly!...../s


35 posted on 06/07/2007 8:23:28 AM PDT by stockstrader (We need a conservative candidate who will UNITE the Party, not a liberal one to DIVIDE it!)
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To: stockstrader

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....


36 posted on 06/07/2007 8:25:19 AM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: Badeye

Nope, that is good news, I am over a 1000 miles from Cleveland.


37 posted on 06/07/2007 8:25:46 AM PDT by U S Army EOD
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To: Paved Paradise

Yep, no room for teachers, engineers, scientists, doctors, etc. to be role models...(rolling eyes)


38 posted on 06/07/2007 8:27:37 AM PDT by stockstrader (We need a conservative candidate who will UNITE the Party, not a liberal one to DIVIDE it!)
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To: ConservaTexan

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.


39 posted on 06/07/2007 8:29:04 AM PDT by Riverman94610
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To: stockstrader

I’m with you 100%.


40 posted on 06/07/2007 8:30:31 AM PDT by Paved Paradise
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