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No Child Left Behind Leaves No Cash-In Opportunity Unturned
Uh-oh! Tough times ahead for profiteers of No Child Left Behind. With its penchant for formulaic learning and standardized testing, it's a boon to the prepping and testing industry.
New Rules For Tracking High-School Dropouts (Sans Musical)
If High School Musical was real (and I wish it was, it would actually have made for fascinating reality TV) at least one kid on the poster wouldn't be tossing any cap at all. High-school dropout rates now show one out of every four students not graduating, and 7,000 students drop out every day. Under new regulations for reporting announced today, schools will have to report graduation rates for all students — including minorities and students with disabilities, which have a dropout rate as high as one in three.
Does It All Add Up? Who Should Save Public Schools?
Testing, testing. Is No Child Left Behind working for anyone? It's standardized its way through schools since 2001, troubling seemingly every teacher, parent, and student in its formulaic path.
So Stupid? American Graduation Rate Only 70%?!
Federal reporting of high-school graduation rates hide an embarrassing and depressing reality of the American education system. Only 70 percent of those who start ninth grade finish four years later.
Many states keep two statistics on hand.
New Study — Why Don't Kids Know Much About History?
According to a survey released yesterday by Common Core many of the 1,200 17-year-olds who were called in January and asked to answer 33 multiple-choice questions about history and literature, didn't fare so well. Common Core is an independent bi-partisan group including members from the American Federation of Teachers, and a former assistant education secretary under President George H.W. Bush.
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Shock Art: Disturbing With or Without Cause
Antichrist, the film from director Lars von Trier (pictured here), has left the critics and screeners at Cannes shocked. About a grieving couple, Antichrist features scenes of sexual mutilation, horrific gore, and a child's accidental death. Many in the audience gasped, whiles others booed or walked out.
Shrinking W: Is He a Puppet, Fool, or Sadist?
Since W the movie failed to figure out George W. Bush, a psychiatrist who's studied him is giving it a go. Justin Frank, MD, the author of Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President, says President Bush is not Dick Cheney's puppet nor is he a well-intentioned fool in over his head but a sadist who will revel in watching the world clean up his mess from his Crawford couch.
What Talking Points Would You Use to Sum Up Bush's Term?
If you listen to Bush cabinet members or other high-ranking administration officials talking about the last eight-years, you might notice that their comments have something in common. That's because the White House sent administration staff a two-page memo outlining upbeat answers for questions about the president's reign.
Suggested talking points found in the "Speech Topper on the Bush Record," memo maintain that Bush:- Upheld "the honor and the dignity of his office."
- "Kept the American people safe" after the Sept.
Come Story Telling with me!!! The Completed Story
I hope you all enjoyed this new feature as much as I did! Your wild imaginations made for a great story line! To read the completed tale you all helped create, read more
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