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The State of the Education System Posted by Jaynee Germond ... on Mon, 06/16/2008 - 18:01
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The 'public school experiment' has failed and we need to correct it.
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No Child Left Behind doesn't pass the test Posted by TrevorLyman on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 17:20
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My head was pounding by the time I got to the 10th question. "Mike has only two green apples and three red apples in a bowl. Without looking, he chooses an apple and gives it to his sister. Then he chooses an apple for himself. What's the probability that he and his sister will each get a red apple?" The choices were 60 percent, 10 percent, 40 percent and 30 percent. I picked one of the numbers and moved on to Question 11, which had to do with a graph and "scatter points."
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Say 'no' to No Child Posted by TrevorLyman on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 15:48
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IT NOW SEEMS highly unlikely Congress will re-authorize No Child Left Behind. The six-year-old federal law stipulates that each year an increasing percentage of students at each school become proficient in language arts and math until, by the year 2014, every single child is grade-level proficient in both subjects. The act also mandates escalating sanctions for Title 1 schools (those receiving federal funds to assist disadvantaged children) for repeatedly failing to meet those annual proficiency benchmarks.
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Study says California needs sweeping education change Posted by TrevorLyman on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 15:46
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California's public schools are fundamentally flawed and need deep changes — as well as more money — to properly serve the state's 6.3 million students, according to a report released Friday by a panel advising Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The report comes as the state is struggling with a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall and as schools are issuing thousands of layoff notices to teachers to cope with the $4.3 billion education cut Schwarzenegger proposed in next year's budget.
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