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Parents with backbone
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| 2/26/04
| Thomas Sowell
Posted on 02/25/2004 10:27:13 PM PST by kattracks
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To: Raleigh's Golden Mountaineer
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posted on
02/26/2004 4:16:46 AM PST
by
general_re
(Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant. - Tacitus)
To: kattracks
I like Virginians. I'm from Ohio. Sometimes we make sense, too.
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posted on
02/26/2004 4:18:34 AM PST
by
keats5
(And don't you dare correct my spelling!)
To: zook
bump
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posted on
02/26/2004 4:46:29 AM PST
by
zook
To: kattracks
Somewhere there just MUST be a civil rights case for a parent like Virginia Walden-Ford....the continued resisistence by the teachers unions, aided and abetted by their local school districts, to providing a functional education to the community is both a taxpayer fraud and a legitimate civil rights issue IMHO-and until addressed as such will continue.
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posted on
02/26/2004 4:53:34 AM PST
by
mo
To: mhking
The Democratic party is the party of victimization. They are they ones who victimize these kids and families who wish to pursue the American dream.
I hope more Americans ,of various shades of skin color, start to wake up.
The Republicans need to get a backbone too.
The NEA is never going to befriend them completely. The unions don't like the words "personal responsibility". At least there are some Republicans left who do, which means trouble for the NEA.
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posted on
02/26/2004 5:18:54 AM PST
by
Diva Betsy Ross
(Every heart beats true for the red ,white and blue!)
To: the Real fifi
We actually moved because the school was instituting the silly The International Baccalaureate Curriculum 5 years ago. This winter they now proudly display two huge banners proclaiming them to be one of the best schools under the new IBC for it's first year in the program - it was their fourth year in the program. What I'm trying to point out is that is just one of the lies fed to anyone willing to put their trust in a stupid system.
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posted on
02/26/2004 5:32:44 AM PST
by
fml
( You can twist perception, reality won't budge. -RUSH)
To: Dianna
They can do this better than anyone--if you doubt me check the admissions pamphlets of the country's most selective schools--the admissions officers prefer an IB diploma..I listed what I did in response to the language you quoted from the curriculum to explain what that meant. My son who scored high on the IB's was admitted to Harvard at 17 with sophomore standing (and placement at the junior level in science) You might check out the Washington Post's education writer who has repeatedly noted that the school my son attended is the most rigorous in the entire Washington metro area--and that area is, believe it or not, one of the(if not the) most competitive in the country.
Quite by chance by husband learned that 2 of the most capable young members of his firm ( The IT manager and an associate) BOTH have IB's--one attended school in South American where his father who was in the military was stationed, the other in Italy, the home of his birth.
The curriculum was originally established to provide a universally recognized educational standard for children of organizations who were living away from their home countries. The diplomas is recognized by Universities around the world for admissions purposes.
To: kenth; CatoRenasci; Marie
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posted on
02/26/2004 7:20:41 AM PST
by
Born Conservative
(Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps.)
To: Raleigh's Golden Mountaineer
"International Baccalaureate Diploma Recipients
Entering freshmen who earn the International Baccalaureate diploma at a Florida high school will receive an IB scholarship worth $1500 per year over four years. In addition, they will receive a one-time $500 stipend during their first semester at FSU."(from fsu.edu website) High scoring AP applicants get far less--see the same site.
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