Just wondering
If the Iraqi Government has failed to meet 15 of the 18 benchmarks, yet is considered a success by President Bush . . .
Then why, when schools meet 28 of 29 benchmarks under the No Child Left Behind Act, are they considered failures by this same President?
LOL!
By Leslie Byrne on 09.12.07 4:12 pm
It’s called New Math. Surely you learned that in school, right? :D
By Vivian J. Paige on 09.12.07 6:10 pm
Actually, Vivian, I DID have the New Math. That, however, is a story for another day.
By Kris Amundson on 09.12.07 9:14 pm
That was very astute. Thanks Kris. Just for that, I think I’ll put up 100 signs this weekend! ;-)
By Doug in Mount Vernon on 09.13.07 11:01 pm
Could we talk you into 150??
By Kris Amundson on 09.14.07 12:14 pm
Said like a former school teacher. Right?
By Tim Wise on 09.14.07 11:54 pm
Right indeed. Also a former school board member. Understand that I once taught a course called “The Poetry of Rock,” for which students received credit. (I will be atoning for that for the rest of my life.) So it’s not standards I oppose–it’s standards applied in a way that unfairly punishes kids.
By Kris Amundson on 09.15.07 10:22 am
Ah yes, AYP. Other than the 535 members of Congress + the President being unable to read and understand the Constitution and its amendments, which provide no role for the federal government in education. Right?
Back to AYP. You have Democrats on one side wanting to throw more money at perceived problems and you you Republicans on the other trying to assure some amount of accountability.
As Amity Shlaes writes in her new book, The Forgotten Man, who gets “forgotten” are the taxpayers.
By Tim Wise on 09.18.07 12:01 am