In 2002, the average American High School student made a 504 on the verbal portion of the SAT and a 516 on the math. Today, the verbal is 501 and the math is 516. What was so significant about 2002? You'll find out in this article. by RB Champ
(libertarian)
Saturday, February 12, 2011
In 2002, the No Child Left Behind Act was enacted. The purpose of the law was, "To close the achievement gap with accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind." I gave you that statistic about SAT scores just to give you a feel of how much of a failure Federal Bad Idea #18728 was. I know, this is old news. However, it is important that we remember this for a couple of key reasons.
First, this law was backed by republicans and democrats. That is a good piece of evidence to remember when you go to vote. Both Democrats and Republicans have, can, and will screw up.
Second, education is still one of the big issues to think about when voting for a candidate. Whenever I research candidates, the first thing I want to know is what they are going to do about it.
Everyone in the 2001 Congress didnt't understand what this law would do. We have teachers in Atlanta cheating for the kids, we have standard being lowered every year, and we are continuing to increase our total spending on education. Since 1990, we have increased our spending by an average of $20 billion. However, scores have stayed relatively the same or a little less.
I blame
the unions
because they have kept senile, drug-addicted, sex obsessed, and idiotic teachers in the schools all because they have...
TENURE
I also blame
the government
for their inability to see that no matter how much money you spend, the kids will stay equally smart or equally dumb. Utah and New Jersey are some of the extremes on the spending spectrum. Utah spends less than $10,000 per kid. All test scores are above U.S. average. New Jersey spends close to $20,000 per kid and their scores are close to where it doesn't matter if it's one or the other. The point is, it doesn't make a difference if you dress up the monkey with computers and new textbooks. That monkey is still savage and will destroy all that stuff within minutes.
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Posted By: Walt
Date: February 12, 2011 08:32:27 AM
There's some good stuff in this article, but you go off the rails completely with comments like, "the kids will stay equally smart or equally dumb" and "The point is, it doesn't make a difference if you dress up the monkey with computers and new textbooks. That monkey is still savage and will destroy all that stuff within minutes."
Those comments speak volumes about just how much contempt you have for children, as well as just how bad you are at building rapport with them. My guess is that you're not any better with adults, either.
