You forgot participation trophies and juice boxes.
The was a story from Chicago yesterday about the race card being played over
kids being failed for not being able to read at grade level on periodic
tests.
Paul Nelson
Office 512-392-2577
Cell 708-670-6978
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From: cpf0000-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cpf0000-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of rick baird
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 7:56 PM
To: Open discussion among iSeries Users
Subject: Re: [CPF0000] Top Test Scores From Shanghai Stun Educators
On the other hand, our kids ranked tops on the planet for undeserved
confidence, self esteem and and 'attaboys'.
Teachers unions and federally directed 'standards' have been in charge
of education for decades. ever more and more money being thrown at
the problem and it keeps getting worse.
Perhaps the accepted way of doing it that 'everyone has agreed on long
ago' is not the right way?
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 8:46 PM, Dick Martin <ofpgmr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/07/education/07education.html?_r=1&pagewanted
=1&ref=education
http://tinyurl.com/3424xjb
"With China's debut in international standardized testing, students in
Shanghai have surprised experts by outscoring their counterparts in
dozens of other countries, in reading as well as in math and science,
according to the results of a respected exam.
...
"The United States came in 23rd or 24th in most subjects. We can
quibble, or we can face the brutal truth that we're being out-educated."
..."
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