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Only 17% of 8th Graders Can Read at Grade Level Overseen by Obama Education Secretary-Designee
cnsnews.com ^ | December 17 ,2008 | Matt Cover

Posted on 12/17/2008 7:26:01 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

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To: wintertime

socialists, yes, but more specifically, fascists.

Our public school system is based on the system developed by the Kaiser of Germany to instill loyalty to the government.


61 posted on 12/18/2008 6:20:17 AM PST by MrB (The 0bamanation: Marxism, Infanticide, Appeasement, Depression, Thuggery, and Censorship)
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To: NoObamaFightForConservatives
Even more shocking, imo -

In 2007, 29 percent of eighth grade students scored at or above grade-level in reading, 31 percent in math, and 31 percent in writing. In 2005, 27 percent of eighth grade students were at or above grade level in science.

Wow, our schools really suck.

62 posted on 12/18/2008 10:33:24 AM PST by agrace
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To: rwfromkansas

“Duncan has improved numbers in Chicago schools. That is true, and it is what Obama and others point to.

However, the improvement has been so slight, and in some schools, success has actually dropped.

It is hard to see why he is painted as some successful reformer, when the change has not been big.

<<Those are probably the schools in which students are being PAID for good grades...”


63 posted on 12/18/2008 10:36:22 AM PST by Freedom56v2
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To: deannadurbin

“I heard this Education secretary appointee wants to start all homosexual high schools.”

<<True; he wanted to start one in Chicago.


64 posted on 12/18/2008 10:37:11 AM PST by Freedom56v2
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