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Test Scores Show a Decline in Math Among High School Seniors
New York Times ^
| April 27, 2016
| Kate Zernike
Posted on 04/27/2016 6:10:02 AM PDT by reaganaut1
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If the fraction of high school students that is ready for college work is declining, the fraction of students going to college should not be rising. And a $15 minimum wage will stop high school graduates from getting their feet in the door. "Higher" education is one of the power bases of the Democratic party, and Rats know how reward their interest groups. What has Trump said about federal funding of higher education?
To: reaganaut1
A national disgrace and the fault of the Left and the public employee unions, specifically the NEA and AFT. Disgusting.
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posted on
04/27/2016 6:13:01 AM PDT
by
twister881
(Politics)
To: reaganaut1
Does the “education elites” understand the concept of an inverse correlation? The more money that’s spent per student, the lower the test scores.
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posted on
04/27/2016 6:14:08 AM PDT
by
FoxInSocks
("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
To: reaganaut1
Get rid of common core. It defies logic.
To: reaganaut1
Last week in a thrift store I brought 5 books at 50 cents each up to the counter. I told the girl "five books at 50 cents apiece." She looked at me a and stated "I cant do that." I said "you can't do basic math!!??"
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posted on
04/27/2016 6:17:00 AM PDT
by
4yearlurker
(We have leaped off the cliff toward madness and we are still falling...)
To: reaganaut1
From the movie Idiocracy:
“If you have one bucket that contains 2 gallons and another bucket that contains 7 gallons, how many buckets do you have?”
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posted on
04/27/2016 6:21:30 AM PDT
by
BBB333
(Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
To: reaganaut1
Odd that Kate Zernike of the New York Times doesn’t do the usual racial breakdown... Always done when it assist their pet victim groups.
I wonder why not this time? Is the Times is pushing another liberal delusion? You betcha...
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posted on
04/27/2016 6:23:10 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(If GOPe rules are rigged to steal votes from citizens it's time to walk away...)
To: reaganaut1
My youngest son just turned 14, and has been acting like a typical teenager, working overtime to send his mother and me to an early grave.
This year has been a disaster on the academic front. I warn parents with middle schoolers, do not buy into the latest scheme known as "blended learning". Only a select few have the motivation and discipline to thrive in such an independent environment.
He's done well in other pursuits, such as making first chair trumpet in Honor Winds, but even that's been a struggle. My wife doesn't seem to understand that he's displaying the stubborn streak that comes from her side of the family. My mom and stepdad weren't helicopter parents, and left me alone as long as my grades were ok.
Sorry for the rant, but last night was a bad scene with son and mom. I back my wife, of course, but she is never content to make her points and move on. She's done it with me, driving a point over and over again, never content to end without several belittling comments that she thinks proves her point.
I'll have a(nother) conversation with him after school today. Something's going to have to give, and it won't be academics or band. Athletics or scouts, one or both, are candidates for the chopping block. I need to make it that it's inevitably his choice not mine.
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posted on
04/27/2016 6:25:16 AM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote went to Cruz.)
To: reaganaut1
As a college chemistry instructor I find myself spending at least 10 minutes each lecture teaching students basic algebra needed for Intro Chemistry. Math deficiency is probably the number one reason students drop my course.
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posted on
04/27/2016 6:25:55 AM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: BBB333
I don’t know, but the bucket containing 7 gallons will be a lot harder to carry than the one with 2 gallons.
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posted on
04/27/2016 6:26:02 AM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote went to Cruz.)
To: BBB333
Been forever since I've seen that movie.
Now we're LIVING it.
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posted on
04/27/2016 6:33:22 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Texas Eagle
Atlas Shrugged is now nonfiction.
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posted on
04/27/2016 6:34:02 AM PDT
by
Night Hides Not
(Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi! My vote went to Cruz.)
To: Night Hides Not
Both buckets will be easy to carry since they have electrolytes.
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posted on
04/27/2016 6:35:04 AM PDT
by
edh
(I need a better tagline)
To: reaganaut1
I bet this reflects a decline in the number of while males in high school (as a percentage of total population).
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posted on
04/27/2016 6:35:19 AM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(With Trump & Cruz, America can't lose!)
To: Night Hides Not
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posted on
04/27/2016 6:36:06 AM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: reaganaut1
Well, as long as the little darling’s self esteem is intact....
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posted on
04/27/2016 6:37:05 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: Sacajaweau
In essence the ESSA (Every Student Succeeds Act) did just that by burying the words and deeds in the latest addition of the No Child Left Behind reauthorization act included in or part of ESSA. My take on ESSA, despite the glowing reviews, if Osama Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pilosi are eager to have it in law, the sane world better be looking very closely at what it contains.
The part that really sucked, was it appeared about 24 hours before the vote, as at least a thousand page bill. Another example of defying logic, using that pilosi tactic of “you have to pass the bill to find out what is in it”. If no one finds that to be treasonous logic, you don’t want to live in my world.
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posted on
04/27/2016 6:37:18 AM PDT
by
wita
To: BBB333
If you have one bucket that contains 2 gallons and another bucket that contains 7 gallons, how many buckets do you have?I like pie!
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posted on
04/27/2016 6:37:55 AM PDT
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
To: reaganaut1
What has Trump said about federal funding of higher education?
Probably not much, as it is another of a growing number of third-rails in our politics. Bush trying to reform Social Security and getting his head handed to him is still having far-reaching effects.
To: edh
That’s what they use to make Brawndo!
2016 Winning Ticket
Donald J Trump / Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Comacho
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posted on
04/27/2016 6:43:00 AM PDT
by
HombreSecreto
(The life of a repo man is always intense)
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