Posted on 01/25/2014 4:20:31 PM PST by kingattax
A state lawmaker from Perkins County (South Dakota) wants to require that first- and second-grade students show they are proficient at reading before they can advance to the next grade.
I brought the bill at the request of my school board in Eagle Butte, Rep. Betty Olson, R-Prairie City, said.
The House Education Committee hasnt scheduled a hearing yet for HB 1067. The bill doesnt name a specific assessment or test that should be used.
Theyll have to figure that out, Olson said.
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Thank the Supreme Court for making high-school diplomas worthless.
Outside of school, it takes 30 hours to teach a kid to read.
If a kid can’t read after three years in school, it seems like the teacher is the one who should be held back.
Rachael Janteal claims she has a 3.0 gpa, yet she can’t read.
What goes around, comes around!
Let’s see, my schooling in the forties required me to be able to read, same in the fifties, sixties, and seventies.
Then, sometime after LBJ, everyone needed to feel good about themselves, and advanced, and whatever. Ebonics became an accepted language, yet books still were written in a dumbed down English, that the hood didn’t understand.
So schools stopped using books and relied on teachers from the “hood” to motivate the students - students that were too focused on Lathisha’s booty to look at the blackboard (blackboard=racist).
Now, ain’t nobody know nothing, as they be focused on their Obamaphone to send tweets in their own language to the hoodies about hookin’ up after school, as there ain’t no jobs to go to, and ain’t no motivation to start your own business, like window washing, or whatever!
Wow! Dem Russian Commies had themselves a good deal!
Illiteracy was the first step in the decline of our civilization in the forties, eventually ending up in low information voters in the 21st century. This is so obvious it had to be planned.
Unfortunately, they are not. I am trying to teach science to high school juniors and seniors. Many of them have appalling reading, writing and math skills. Between lack of academic skills and poor work ethic, it's often a struggle.
Looks like clinging to God/guns/Bibles is a winning combination.
The probability is a function of the demographic.
There are few black folks in South Dakota
45 South Dakota 10,207 1.14%
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