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Legislators want students who can’t read to be held back
Capitol Journal ^ | January 22, 2014 | Bob Mercer

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 hasn’t scheduled a hearing yet for HB 1067. The bill doesn’t name a specific assessment or test that should be used.

“They’ll have to figure that out,” Olson said.

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To: Bullish
They can't read or do even simple math, they know nothing at all about science or physics and they still get a high school diploma.

Thank the Supreme Court for making high-school diplomas worthless.

21 posted on 01/25/2014 6:29:19 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: kingattax

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.


22 posted on 01/25/2014 7:19:14 PM PST by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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To: kingattax

Rachael Janteal claims she has a 3.0 gpa, yet she can’t read.


23 posted on 01/25/2014 7:29:13 PM PST by Vehmgericht
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To: kingattax

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!


24 posted on 01/25/2014 7:34:24 PM PST by Noob1999 (Loose Lips, Sink Ships)
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To: Noob1999

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.


25 posted on 01/25/2014 7:58:46 PM PST by Liberty Wins ( The average lefty is synapse challenged)
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To: SoFloFreeper
"Why do legislators even NEED to address this issue? Aren’t illiterate kids ALREADY held back?!??! "

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.

26 posted on 01/25/2014 8:31:48 PM PST by Think free or die
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To: kingattax
My 8-year-old granddaughter reads a grade or two above her level of schooling. Her Mom started reading to the kids at early ages and we all supplied learning tools/games for birthdays/Christmas. The schools around the nation suck, but good parenting works wonders - even down here in "backwater" Mississippi....where teachers aren't afraid of even real guns and aren't afraid to invoke God as the Creator and Jesus as His Savior gift to us.

Looks like clinging to God/guns/Bibles is a winning combination.

27 posted on 01/26/2014 4:17:59 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: ZOOKER

The probability is a function of the demographic.

There are few black folks in South Dakota

45 South Dakota 10,207 1.14%


28 posted on 01/26/2014 4:24:31 AM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
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To: kingattax
How about: LEGISLATION TO THROW LEGISLATORS WHO DON'T READ THE BILLS THEY ARE VOTING ON OUT OF OFFICE? THEN IMPRISON THEM FOR IMPERSONATING A LEGISLATOR!
29 posted on 01/26/2014 6:03:33 AM PST by leprechaun9
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