Posted on 12/17/2008 7:26:01 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
They just need a bit more money. Teachers in organized labor aren’t paid enough, didn’t you know?
he should have picked Michelle Rhee.
“All I can say is - never experiment with your children.”
that’s why he’s sending his kids to Sidwell Friends!
I would like to know how 6% more students can be above grade level in writing than in reading.
I don't know...I started experimenting with my kids about 18 years ago (homeschooling) and it all turned out very well. :-) I know...not exactly what you were talking about. But, it was not something a lot of people did back then.
Only 17% at or above grade level! We are about to see the Peter Principal writ large. Incompetence raised to an art form.
Wherever that number came from (I'd really rather not know), I'd be willing to bet even money that the percentage is actually higher than that.
An excellent choice, no concerns about this apointment failing, he already has. Change You Can Believe In.
83 per cent can’t read that well? So? Is that some goofy reason to DENY THEM EMPLOYMENT?!? Or keep them from voting twice in every election?
Blago drama for Obama: Rahm Emanuel pressed for Jarrett appointment to Senate
Chicago Sun-Times | December 17, 2008 | Natasha Korecki & Fran Spielman
Posted on 12/17/2008 6:02:34 AM PST by malkee
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2150154/posts
Holder omitted Blagojevich link from questionnaire
Chicago Sun-Times | 12-17-08 | CHRIS FUSCO
Posted on 12/17/2008 6:33:13 AM PST by malkee
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2150175/posts
As the parent of kids in the Chicago Public Schools (perhaps the only Freeper with that distinction) I must point out that some of the best public schools in the state of Illinois are in CPS.
Of course, they are generally magnet schools where the parents must be proactive to some degree and the kids must test in. But they do exist.
90% of schools are crap, of course, but I blame the parents more than the CPS for that.
That's awesome. With a little hope and a lotta change, maybe we can bring national averages up to 17% !
Not only in education - in spending as well. Soon, all children’s hospitals will face funding cuts unless they “contribute” to the One’s campaign.
“Celibrate Diversity”
Don’t you understand the idea? as long as it is democrat diversity.
Hope and change.... makes me sick
I just flipped the 17% over.
Now, as to your bet - if we removed those homeschooled kids with true learning disabilities from the mix, the number would be statistically indistinguishable from 100%.
Isn't that how all government programs work. Screw up your life get a check. Screw up business, get a check. How else could politicians be re-elected if they didn't motivate the screw ups to vote with taxpayer money.
Duncan’s first act - Stop the testing from NCLB, keep the funding.
Fantastic article. These are the facts and they are damning. It should also be noted that the Chicago Public School system has about a 55 percent high school graduation rate.
Obama Bucks Teachers’ Unions With Duncan
President-elect Barack Obama’s selection of Arne Duncan to head the US Education Department is receiving widespread media praise. Most analysts describe Duncan as a centrist and a successful reformer and some reports are casting his selection as an act of defiance toward the teachers’ unions, a powerful Democratic constituency. USA Today reports Duncan has “backed No Child Left Behind, President Bush’s 2002 education law, but testified in 2006 that Congress should amend it to give schools, districts and states ‘the maximum amount of flexibility possible’ to implement it.”
Under the headline “Obama Defies Unions To Pick School Reform,” the Financial Times reports Obama yesterday “promised to break free from the ‘tired’ partisan debate over issues such as performance-related pay and independent charter schools, long advocated by conservatives and opposed by the left.” The Washington Post reports, “Duncan’s résumé appeals to those identify themselves as reformers and tend to support tough accountability, charter schools, performance-pay plans and other steps that shake up the status quo.”
The Washington Post notes “Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, who visited a Chicago elementary school last week to highlight Duncan’s pay-for-performance program, showered praise on the executive in an interview with The Washington Post last week.” ABC World News reported “Duncan’s efforts to close failing schools in Chicago, sometimes put him at odds with parents and teachers.”
Duncan Backed “Gay-Friendly High School” CNN’s The Situation Room reported the “most controversial” reform Duncan supported was “the creation of a gay-friendly high school. Proponents say it would have been a safe place for gay and lesbian teenagers who have experienced bullying. Duncan tells CNN, ‘This is a kind of innovative idea we will look at and evaluate on the national level.’”
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_081217.htm
And only 0% of headline writers for cnsnews.com can correctly place adjectival phrases.
The headline should read, “Only 17% of 8th Graders Overseen by Obama Education Secretary-Designee Can Read at Grade Level.”
If one is criticizing illiteracy, one would do well not to exhibit a form of it oneself.
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