Archive for the ‘graduation rates’ Category
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
For all of you who can’t get enough of high school, you may want to consider moving to Indiana, where governor hopeful Long Thompson is pushing to add a fifth year.
Thompson feels that by adding a fifth year, graduation rates will improve and the state taxpayers would avoid the costs ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
It’s now a requirement that all 8th grade students in California pass Algebra. Yeah for tough standards.
Wait a second, Algebra, most 8th graders don’t even take Algebra today.
According to the AP article Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a letter the night before the state Board of Education asking for an algebra ...
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Friday, April 4th, 2008
Not sure how I missed this. In any case, this serves as further proof that I am human. Hillary and I are part of the same species!
At a press conference this past Monday, US Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced that the administration will move to a uniform graduation rate. ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
On April First, today, the America’s Promise Alliance has released a report titled “Cities in Crisis”. But unlike April Fool’s, the data contained in this report is no joking matter.
Naturally, the report was prepared with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates genuinely grasps that for in order ...
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