Posted on 09/04/2007 7:03:35 AM PDT by fabrizio
Nuclear Iran...that's a danger that must not be allowed to fully materialize.
Bush started this program in Texas. I can say without doubt it been a total failure. Teachers teaching to the test and not to the student. More drop-outs than ever before.
If I thought it would make any difference, I would write a rebuttal which discusses the diminution of constitutional protections for the rights of Americans, the increasing secrecy with which governmental affairs are conducted, the huge increase in the public debt, and increasing depredation of the natural environment, and some others as well. You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.
This is a published academic….like the Mosques, part of the problem. Sing loud and sing often the America The Beautiful type songs. .
Karl Rove created GWB. Who will he create next?
Gets it right again!
I doubt what you say. I have watched these ideas implemented here in Florida with very good results. The thrd largest school district is now ranked “A”. The objection of teaching to the test is just bogus. All my life I was tested annually, so were my children, and so were my students. When the test is on reading and math, anyone who is teaching something else is not teaching the curriculum and should be fired.
Those tasked with implementing the program wanted the thing to fail, which is no big secret.
Some loonie told me the act allowed the military to store weapons in schools...that loonie was a teacher...
The public education system in Texas is spotty at best and a liberal/marxist indoctrination mechanism at worst.
It would be great if teachers were actually “teaching to the test,” instead of “teaching” what they want to teach (often leftist fluff) and missing the basics.
Believe me, I understand the trials that public school teachers go through (my wife, father and brother were/are public school teachers), but let’s be honest: for many if not most schools, teaching to the test is an improvement.
Nuclear armed terrorists inside our own borders...that's a danger that must not be allowed to materialize. Close the borders before it's too late, Jorge.....
Indoctrination isn't limited to Texas....just sayin'......
Pure baloney! You may say it without doubt but it is also without truth.
http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_233095850.html
Almost 2300 Florida schools have failed to make adequate yearly progress required under the law. But the state's report card gave an A or B to three of every four Florida schools.
But, to me, his biggest failure is his globalist attitude and his refusal to do anything serious about sealing our Southern border or getting rid of the criminals already here.
His promotion of the NAU and the SPP, if left unchecked, will do grievous harm to our country over the next decade. The US is slipping towards third-world status.
He’s the President of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, *not* Africa or Mexico. He has no right to steal money from Americans at the point of a gun and send 30 billion dollars to Africa for ANY reason.
Shamnesty is NOT immigration reform. It's a thinly veiled attempt at giving away even more of our country.
More NAU/SPP BS!
In 1998, using a waiver, Houston ISD's Austin High held back an unusually large number of students. As a result, the number of 10th graders fell from 580 to just 235 students and the per cent passing the state test soared from just 68% passing to 86.2% passing.
These are miraculous (some are saying fraudulent) improvements in test scores for a single year.
Because of this sudden rule change, the 9th grade jumped in size from 900 to 1200. Some of these students were held for more than one extra year and then jumped ahead to 11th grade so they never had to take the state test. Others simply gave up and hit the streets.
The law should have been named No Child Left.
http://nochildleft.com/2003/oct03lost.html
Maybe teaching to the test might not be ideal...would you prefer them teaching sodomy as a civil right? Maybe that America is immoral and needs to be destroyed? I can go on and on about the possibilities.
Texas’ problems are unique to Texas and other states have their own problems, some similar, others not.
I am not a big fan of the No Child Left Behind Act and dubious about the results. However, there needs to be some level of accountability as to what is being taught and also for the results. The only means to measure performance is some sort of standardized examination.
If students drop out, that is their choice. It may be a reflection of them choosing not to apply themselves to meet the more rigorous standards.
I volunteer in elementary, middle and high schools. I spend time where the rubber meets the road interacting with students and teachers. And I can tell you the so-called education these kids are getting is abysmal.
If you have kids in government schools, please consider either placing them in a private school or homeschooling them. You’ll be doing them a life-time favor.
The point of the Medicare drug program was to take prescription drugs for seniors off the table as a political issue. Democrats aren't beating Republicans over the head with that issue anymore either. And it was instituted with market principles and consumer choice that are demonstrating to seniors and their adult children that they don't need the government running the entire health care system.
Face it, if it weren't for the screwup of Iraq, republicans would have killed the Democrats again in last year's elections. Bush took all the other favorite issues of the Democrats away from them. Why do you think Democrats appear to be in such disarray now that Iraq seems to be actually winnable? They are terrified because they have nothing else to beat Republicans over the head with next year.
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