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DC Schools: $29,349 Per Pupil, 83 Percent Not Proficient in Reading
Townhall ^ | May 14, 2014 | Terry Jeffrey

Posted on 05/14/2014 4:20:00 AM PDT by cruzader

The public schools in Washington, D.C., spent $29,349 per pupil in the 2010-2011 school year, according to the latest data from National Center for Education Statistics, but in 2013 fully 83 percent of the eighth graders in these schools were not "proficient" in reading and 81 percent were not "proficient" in math.

These are the government schools in our nation's capital city -- where for decades politicians of both parties have obstreperously pushed for more federal involvement in education and more federal spending on education.

Government has manifestly failed the families who must send their children to these schools, and the children who must attend them.

Under the auspices of the National Center for Education Statistics, the federal government periodically tests elementary and high school students in various subjects, including reading and math. These National Assessment of Educational Progress tests are scored on a scale of 500, and student achievement levels are rated as "basic," "proficient" and "advanced."

In 2013, students nationwide took NAEP reading and math tests. When the NCES listed the scores of public-school eighth graders in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, D.C. came in last in both subjects.

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TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: corruption; dc; democrats; education; nea; publicschools; teachers; teachersunion; teachersunions; teacherunion; union; unions; washingtondc
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To: sphinx
Thank you for your well thought out reply. I will ponder it for awhile.

FMCDH(BITS)

41 posted on 05/14/2014 10:29:38 AM PDT by nothingnew (I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
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To: GeronL

Don’t understand it.


42 posted on 05/14/2014 11:54:02 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: cruzader
Odds are their parents are as bad or worse.

Interest in intellectual activity isn't universal.

43 posted on 05/14/2014 1:08:00 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: GeronL
It’s the culture more than the race.

Yup, children having children and their names give their race away. Using three or four letters from mom and the assumed dad and making that into a name is insane.

Used to work with a black gal and the couple had a baby girl. Her name was Shirley, his name was Robert, so they named the kid Shirrob.

44 posted on 05/14/2014 4:06:25 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
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To: Arrowhead1952

I call them “Arresting Names”


45 posted on 05/14/2014 4:06:50 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: GeronL

LOL. Never heard that expression before. On FR, they are usually referred to as Amish names.


46 posted on 05/15/2014 6:04:14 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
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To: cruzader

Reading is a white thing.


47 posted on 05/15/2014 6:07:23 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Arrowhead1952

A lot of times there is a crime story posted, people involved have some very “interesting” names. I started calling them “Arresting Names” which sort of has a double meaning.


48 posted on 05/15/2014 6:40:22 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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