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To: neverdem
Every word by Ravitch here is truth. Diane is a socialist but she knows the field of education. In the last few years as I have administered the state exams they have gotten ridiculously easy. My classes which I met today do not contain ONE student who scored less than a 3(out of 4) on the state exams. I taught many of these same kids last year in 7th grade. I failed at least ten and they were promoted because of the test score.

Additionally kids are coming back to their HSs from college complaining the work is too hard. They've never really been educated beyond teaching to easy exams. When they are asked to apply knowledge or construct arguments or solve problems they are lost.

Bloomberg has based his mayoralty on Education success. He will do everything to sweep this data and conclusions under the rug. Think of this hypothetical analogy. The FBI and Hoover built their reputation on killing Dillinger. Suppose that wasn't Dillinger walking out of the Biograph that night. What lengths would Hoover have gone to to maintain that Dillinger had been killed by Purvis's agents? That's how far Bloomie will go to maintain the fiction of educational success.

4 posted on 09/09/2009 8:27:07 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: xkaydet65

It’s sad when kids come back from college and basically say they’ve been cheated. Well, at least they know it, and when the time comes for them to have children, they’ll probably think twice about where they want their children educated. Unfortunately, they probably won’t have the wherewithal to do much about it. The downward cycle continues.


6 posted on 09/10/2009 5:54:53 AM PDT by goldi (')
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