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Rose Siding (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 12:54 PM Original message |
Bush Outlines High School Student Plans |
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noshenanigans (778 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
1. say goodbye to your art program.. |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. We don't want one child left behind |
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pdxmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. If they test my kids any more |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-13-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
48. Details from the LA Times below |
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flygal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-16-05 02:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
54. Don't you feel like they're just creating little robots? |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. My feelings about this are best described by a joke from the 90s |
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AP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. Brother Neil Bush is involved in an educational testing service. |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. Bingo!!! |
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aden_nak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. "We're not interested in mediocrity," said C student George W. Bush. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. bar v library? |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. SMU in Dallas? |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:37 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Me too. Is there still a singing pianist performing regularly? |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 02:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. dunno - it's been 15 years since I lived in Lower Greenville |
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keopeli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. We're through the looking glass... |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
19. Great observation, aden-nak! |
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aden_nak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Why thank you. |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:24 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. And he should have had a 3.8 GPA....... |
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LastLiberal in PalmSprings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 04:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
44. Bush: "I'm the master of low expectations." |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-05 11:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
52. And to the C students -- (applause) -- I say, you, too, can be President." |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. standardized testing |
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flygal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-16-05 02:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
55. Exactly! |
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ChicanoPwr (536 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. I really would like people to look in to TX |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-16-05 01:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
59. I'm surprised that Rod Paige, the Secretary of Education |
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Southpaw Bookworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. A few factoids about this "underperforming" school |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. neighboring elementary school no fan of NCLB |
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Southpaw Bookworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Yeah baby! |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:43 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. I worked in a school in Loudoun County, and it was the same |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. Testing in high schools for eligibility to community college. |
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Danmel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. In NYS, High School students already take Regents exams |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. Bush has often experienced the joy of killing tho |
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phylny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. In the very school Bush was in talking about this, |
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Serial Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
16. Testing / Failing Schools invite cheating |
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expatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. J.E.B. Stuart High School? Jesus Christ. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. evolution of the name |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 02:08 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. A confederate, anti-american terrorist and traitor. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 02:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Deleted message |
maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 02:48 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Commiting treason against the USA. Sorry but thats what it was. |
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Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 03:51 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. Heh heh |
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Charon (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-16-05 12:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
58. J.E.B. Stuart High School |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
21. "Opposite Man" speaks again. |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. I seem to recall |
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Buddyblazon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
30. IMPORTANT INFORMATION: |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. why not No Prezdint Left Behind -- he should take the test 1st! |
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pcboss49 (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 03:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. but it would take him at least 6 years to finish high school..... |
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ucmike (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
35. "bush outlines high school plans" tricked me..... |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 03:46 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Bush was rejected from St John's. |
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genieroze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
38. What the hell is he |
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teachermarie (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-05 09:03 PM Response to Reply #38 |
49. 11th grade test |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
40. The problem with standardized testing |
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bobbieinok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-16-05 04:26 AM Response to Reply #40 |
56. hmmmmmm |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
42. " Testing in high schools will make sure that our children are employable" |
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LastLiberal in PalmSprings (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Standardized testing = rote memorization |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
43. Testing is vital because my uncle owns the standardized tests. I am |
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rainbow4321 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
46. What chimp's testing ideas led to... |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-12-05 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
47. For what jobs are we making them employable? |
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jayctravis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-05 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
50. Anyone else read Ender's Game? (n/t) |
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fooj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-15-05 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
51. I am a high school teacher and I can tell you first hand... |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-16-05 12:03 AM Response to Reply #51 |
53. I was a high school teacher for almost 20 years |
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nickine9 (39 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-16-05 05:17 AM Response to Original message |
57. re testing... |
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