I couldn't have said it better myself.
At 05:03 PM 10/19/2004, you wrote: > > Bush also said (during the debate) that because of the "No Child Left > > Behind" act, children are no longer being 'pushed' through the school > > system w/o learning the material. This offended my GF (an elementary > > school teacher) so much that she walked out of the room. Her school > > is still shuffling people through. Last year the principle made her > > change her grading policies. As a result only 2 people failed math > > instead of 7. > >Which highlights another problem... I had the mixed fortune of working for >a company in the K-12 education industry, so I know from reading this >paragraph that what Jeff neglected to mention (though I think he tried to >imply this) is that the 5 students who would have failed did not change in >any way (did not learn anything more) except for their grade. Politicians >simply do not understand the problem of education and / or how to deal >with it and how it relates to employment. Some of them such as Bush seem >to perceive it as a magic bullet to solving employment problems, however >our education system has deeper underlying social problems which need to >be resolved before we can even know if improving it can have a real impact >on employment. In the meantime we put a pencil down to a sheet of paper, >change an F to a C and say "look! We're making progress!". Which isn't >helping anyone, because it's just hiding the problem while we allow it to >grow. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=36 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2099 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
