[hoosierskypilot]

First Carter gets the Nobel prize for idiocy. Now Davis gets this. What's next, Klintoon getting the JFK award for moral purity?

[dalereed]

These people are nuts!

California schools have gone downhill to where they are now ranked next to last in the country.

Flushing money down a toilet doesn't do anything to make the toilet function better!

[evolved_rage]

The NAACP is going to honor Senator KKK Robert Byrd.

[Commander8]

I'm so convinced that California Government Schools are damaged beyond repair, that I vote no on all school bond measures and leave the ballot blank in school board races.

[elbucko]

"Gray Davis of California wins national education policy award"

Of course he does, and just in time for the election in November. Not so close to Nov. 5th. to be obvious, yet not so far away as to have gone stale.

[NEWwoman]

This is like giving Jimmy Carter the Nobel Peace Prize!

[Carry_Okie]

California's scores on standardized tests that rank its students in relation to those in other states have increased for four years in a row.

This is most likely to do with the abolition of bilihgual education, passed by ballot initiative over the objections of the educrat lobby.

And spending on K-12 education has risen by more than a third since Davis took became governor, his office said Friday.

This is most likely to do with mandated class size reduction, passed by ballot initiative at the behest of the educrat lobby. It screwed the schools in poor school districts and did next to nothing to improve school performance.

[texas booster]

From the http://www.nasbe.org website

2002 Annual Conference
October 10-12, 2002
Westin Horton Plaza Hotel
San Diego, California

"Friday, Oct 11th; 12:30 - 2:00 pm Policy Leader of the Year luncheon Sponsored by ETS K-12 Assessment"

The award was given out yesterday, so no protests were planned. If FReepers had known that Joe Greed was going to be in San Diego to accept the award, we could have delivered an appropriate response to the coronation of king davis.

A search of both sites indicate that neither NASBE.org, or http://www.ETS.org, who sponsored the award, have posted anything up on their website regarding the press release. Even a marketing dummy like me knows that you post press releases up on your website as soon as approved by management. It is close to rule #1 in how to manage the media, and provide for effective publicity for the group. We will need to see if the text of the press release shows up over the next week.

So far, this looks like a bogus award given to Joe Greed:

1). Since the convention was held in San Diego,

2). As payback to Joe for his altruistic service to all the California chillun,

3). Payback for a generous campaign contribution. Oh, wait, they give and he takes. Joe Greed must have spent some money with the Testing Service, or otherwise rewritten the rules so that they can bolk the state for more bogus testing.

[texas booster]

The following is directly from the NASBE website:

http://www.nasbe.org/Front_Page/Chairshead.html

"CALIFORNIA'S HIGH STAKES TEST UNDER REVIEW FOLLOWING DISAPPOINTING RESULTS. More than 50% of students taking the California high school exit exam last spring failed one or more sections of the test. Under current law, students will have to retake and pass the test in order to receive a high school diploma. Although students will have options for remediation before retaking the test, the disappointing test results have prompted some state education leaders to raise the possibility of postponing the enforcement of the requirements. State Board of Education President, Reed Hastings, indicated that the Board would be watching the issue closely, although there would be no immediate action by the Board."

Good to know that their press releases and headline service of Oct 4th was so in tune with this award, and that Joe Greed was the most deserving of all the policy leaders in America.

Memo to NASBE: don't issue press releases dissing the very people whom you will soon provide awards to.

Sheesh.

[nmh]

At last! As the testing got EASIER and EASEIR, even Californiaq students showed improvement. Still dumbed down but aleast people feel good. In fact they feel so good, they are now honoring a fellow moroon.

[Golden Gate]

It is time for California Democrats and union members to help dump Dirty Davis !