" . . . not sure we can blame the tests on this," Gary?
OK. How about blaming the Heritage Foundation, the Hoover Institution, and ALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council) which together allowed U.S. corporate and private billionaire post-Powell-memo plans to dehumanize the schools?
Dehumanizing the schools anesthetized America and…
" . . . not sure we can blame the tests on this," Gary?
OK. How about blaming the Heritage Foundation, the Hoover Institution, and ALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council) which together allowed U.S. corporate and private billionaire post-Powell-memo plans to dehumanize the schools?
Dehumanizing the schools anesthetized America and its elites to be unaware of the more malicious plans to offshore the millions of working-class jobs, firm-up the Citizens United oligarchy in the U.S., and finally pervert the Supreme Court into today's Clarence court.
Sure, Gary, we can call the tests mere instruments, and cede real problem to the predators who today rule.
Especially so if we credit statements by such as Jean Bower and Mary Ellen Spicuzza, here, who as teachers testify to what happened to them.
Fair enough Phil. The tests SHOULD be a tool to determine the needs of each individual student not to vilify teachers or force them to teach all students exactly the same.
I happened to grow up in a lower middle class neighborhood in Omaha, where half of the dads worked blue collar jobs and the other half white collar jobs. This was in the 1960's and early 1970's. Judging by the number of students in our high school that went on to get college degrees (about 70%) I would say we had exceptional teachers and a very good curriculum.
My daughter had a similar experience in rural Maine although not quite as many went to college. Before her junior year in high school she transferred to Ponte Vedra High School in Ponte Vedra, FL. She had an amazing class both academically and athletically. Her Florida High School class ranked 2nd academically and 7th athletically in FL. Never once did her mother and I feel like she wasn't challenged by her teachers or the curriculum.
She graduated in 2012 from high school. I don't doubt that the educational system today suffers in many states. Fortunately, that wasn't my experience or my daughter's.
And as for offshoring jobs, yes that is a problem. I've competed with programmers from India, Russia, Ireland because we are considered interchangeable widgets. But that's a discussion for another time.
" . . . not sure we can blame the tests on this," Gary?
OK. How about blaming the Heritage Foundation, the Hoover Institution, and ALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council) which together allowed U.S. corporate and private billionaire post-Powell-memo plans to dehumanize the schools?
Dehumanizing the schools anesthetized America and its elites to be unaware of the more malicious plans to offshore the millions of working-class jobs, firm-up the Citizens United oligarchy in the U.S., and finally pervert the Supreme Court into today's Clarence court.
Sure, Gary, we can call the tests mere instruments, and cede real problem to the predators who today rule.
Especially so if we credit statements by such as Jean Bower and Mary Ellen Spicuzza, here, who as teachers testify to what happened to them.
Fair enough Phil. The tests SHOULD be a tool to determine the needs of each individual student not to vilify teachers or force them to teach all students exactly the same.
I happened to grow up in a lower middle class neighborhood in Omaha, where half of the dads worked blue collar jobs and the other half white collar jobs. This was in the 1960's and early 1970's. Judging by the number of students in our high school that went on to get college degrees (about 70%) I would say we had exceptional teachers and a very good curriculum.
My daughter had a similar experience in rural Maine although not quite as many went to college. Before her junior year in high school she transferred to Ponte Vedra High School in Ponte Vedra, FL. She had an amazing class both academically and athletically. Her Florida High School class ranked 2nd academically and 7th athletically in FL. Never once did her mother and I feel like she wasn't challenged by her teachers or the curriculum.
She graduated in 2012 from high school. I don't doubt that the educational system today suffers in many states. Fortunately, that wasn't my experience or my daughter's.
And as for offshoring jobs, yes that is a problem. I've competed with programmers from India, Russia, Ireland because we are considered interchangeable widgets. But that's a discussion for another time.