Posted on 04/10/2005 3:40:45 AM PDT by NYS_Eric
Edited on 04/10/2005 3:48:26 AM PDT by Lead Moderator. [history]
Good post ... didn't know that D.C.'s budget had less than .50 on the dollar spent on classroom instruction ... but it figures ..
Bumpity bump
Yes--and they are a key pillar of the Democratic party.
Why not 80%? It still doesn't address root causes as to why Johnny can't think. Solution that.
...and their performance dropped by 500 percent...
The 65 percent includes TEACHERS' pay. So, what does this plan solve? The NEA will love it.
Baby steps work.
Either buy more teachers or attract better teachers with the money from fired bureaucrats. Localize the decision. At a minimum, it’s a step in the right direction.
"didn't know that D.C.'s budget had less than .50 on the dollar spent on classroom instruction"
20% is spent on security? LOL
"It still doesn't address root causes"
What would that be?
The national average is 61.5%. Check out the whole article.
"The NEA will love it."
It gets rid of many administration, featherbedding jobs, held by union members. It's not likely that'll be a warm fuzzy.
"Many of us were educated in the 60s and 70s without a computer in every room"
Perhaps you hadn't noticed. The world has changed since 1960. PC's are everywhere now and some knowledge is required in just about any business.
"The number of pupils grew 50 percent in the last half-century"
Johnny can't think because you cannot educate the minority which is capable of abstract reasoning alongside of the majority who cannot.
It's really simple. In 1941, the HS graduation rate among draftees was 25%. This probably approximates the natural rate-but you can add 10-15% if you like to represent those who could have done so but lacked opportunity.
This means that, for 60-75% of the age 13+ population, that school should end after eighth grade.
It would then be possible to teach the remaining students to "think".
The public schools deserve every ounce of criticism directed at them, but their social mission-12th grade for 100%-is an absurdity which has never been accomplished by any human culture anywhere, and to achieve it requires so changing the meaning of education that it becomes impossible for anyone.
No Child Left Behind: The Football Version
1. All teams must make the state playoffs, and all will win the championship. If a team does not win the championship, they will be on probation until they are the champions, and coaches will be held accountable.
2. All kids will be expected to have the same football skills at the same time and in the same conditions. No exceptions will be made for interest in football, a desire to perform athletically, or genetic abilities or disabilities. ALL KIDS WILL PLAY FOOTBALL AT A PROFICIENT LEVEL.
3. Talented players will be asked to work out on their own without instruction. This is because the coaches will be using all their instructional time with the athletes who aren't interested in football, have limited athletic ability or whose parents don't like football.
4. Games will be played year round, but statistics will only be kept in the 4th, 8th and 11th games.
5. This will create a New Age of sports where every school is expected to have the same level of talent and all teams will reach the same minimal goals. If no child gets ahead, then no child will be left behind.
Outstanding!
Please see my #17.
This means that, for 60-75% of the age 13+ population, that school should end after eighth grade.
No one wants to hear the truth. Look at the rest of the world, and the Amish. They have figured this out.
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