Gene wrote:
On Mon, 7 Sep 2009 09:05:49 -0400, JustWait
wrote:

In article ,
says...
I wonder when the folks in DC and other Democrat-run big cities will
see that they keep electing the same troubles over and over and over.

http://tinyurl.com/lkynsa

"The 34 students in one class averaged more than 10 wrong-to-right
erasures on the exam."

Unreal. This takes collusion from the students all the way up the
line.
There seems to be a kind of opposition to accountability in our schools.
After all, it was a Bush plan so it really doesn't need to be
respected...

Let me assure you it has never earned any respect. I have been a
teacher since 1973 (off and on, in Public Schools and industry). Bush
held up the NC system as a model for the 50. Forget it.

Administrators, teachers, and students are now "accountable" and the
students know less than ever. When one defines education as
"accountability," the score on a test becomes the goal.... NOT THE
EDUCATION OF THE STUDENT?

Proof? Easy, I teach at a CC where 65% of the students need
remediation in at least one of the following: math, reading,
composition. Better that 70% require remediation in at least 2 of the
following.....
http://www.news-record.com/content/2..._risk_students

"Accountability" merely gives the bean counters a legal opportunity to
lie with statistics.

Gene, none of that matters, theirs a liberal in office, nothing can be
good.....