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| Officials: 80 Percent Of Recent NYC High School Graduates Cannot Read |
| 2013-03-08 |
| Posted by:DarthVader |
| #17 Is there such a thing as a low-performing public school that is predominantly middle class or upper middle class? I think not. "We have met the enemy, and he is us." "Idiocracy" was a documentary. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2013-03-08 16:22 |
| #16 No wonder the teachers are so against testing. They should set up a standard that if more than 50% of your english class can't read the teacher is fired without pension as incompetant. Perhaps fined or worse for doing damage. Anything between 05% and 49% results in probation. It really is one of the only jobs where total failure results in minimal to no repurcussions and the total failure can ruin lives. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2013-03-08 14:40 |
| #15 Maybe if it wasn't "free" (i.e. they paid for it) they'd give a flying f. Hell, it's paid for by your preferred taxation system: property/land taxes. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-03-08 13:22 |
| #14 The problem with public school is that they are very good at what they intend to do. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2013-03-08 10:44 |
| #13 To Combat Problem, CUNY Starts Low-Cost Immersion Remedial Program Hello, CUNY, you are the problem. You are the ones who hand out 'certificates' in your College of Education to teachers and administrators who've delivered this to your own door step. You have met the enemy and it is you. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2013-03-08 10:20 |
| #12 I agree CF. And no goddamn unions. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2013-03-08 09:56 |
| #11 I think BP means that they don't 'see' that they are paying for it. It appears free. Personally I think the way to fix schools is to make people pay for it. Have it on a sliding scale if you wish but everyone should have to pay something into it so that they have some skin in the game. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-03-08 08:24 |
| #10 They pay for it BP: their taxes. What, you think it is a problem only among the proletariat? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-03-08 08:15 |
| #9 >Parents who don't give a damn. Parents who don't give a damn when notified that their darling ignores homework, but fly into rage when he/she fails an exam. Maybe if it wasn't "free" (i.e. they paid for it) they'd give a flying f. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2013-03-08 08:01 |
| #8 No androgynous half-measures, we demand government funded, full Hermaphrodite equality! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-08 07:26 |
| #7 Teachers' unions---a wonderful invention. Teachers' unions staffed entirely with feminism conditioned females---who's been taught that girls' behavior should be "the normal" for boys. Teaching programs that emphasize "communication skills" at the expense of actual subjects to be communicated. Teachers who have no understanding of the subjects they teach. Parents who don't give a damn. Parents who don't give a damn when notified that their darling ignores homework, but fly into rage when he/she fails an exam. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-03-08 04:11 |
| #6 A pathetic excuse no matter what it may be. |
| Posted by: newc 2013-03-08 01:06 |
| #5 I assume the reading mentioned is English. If one has no intention of embracing the culture, why learn the language? Alles is die taal [The language is everything]. - Pieter-Dirk Uys |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-08 01:04 |
| #4 We must spend more money! It's for the children! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2013-03-08 01:03 |
| #3 And that is the problem Skid. Beginning to think it is intentional to create a consistent democrat voter block.... hmm.... maybe I'm just paranoid. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2013-03-08 00:21 |
| #2 Yeah, they can't get Big Gulps either. Can't read but they can vote. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2013-03-08 00:14 |
| #1 To Combat Problem, CUNY Starts Low-Cost Immersion Remedial Program Oh great. Another government program. That will work so well on the other government program known as PUBLIC EDUCATION. How about you deal with the fucking teachers and staff that AREN'T DOING THEIR FUCKING JOBS!?!?!?!? |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2013-03-08 00:08 |