PACEDOG#1 wrote:You failed to read even your own graph/chart. They have not tested 100 percent of students.... the graph refers to 100 percent of GRADUATES. Damn, I thought you were SMARTER than this...but alas I guess not.
The graduation rate in Chicago is far less than 100 percent.
In all of Illinois, the rate for graduation is 81.9 percent and I am guessing in Chicago public schools the rate is about 50% at best.
click link and click Illinois
http://www.americashealthrankings.org/IL/Graduation/2013
Now factor in that Florida is moving away from FCAT for a graduation measure exclusively and is also allowing kids to take and make at least 19 ACT to graduate from high school and you have a ton of kids who were not taking college prep classes who are now taking a college prep test. Do you think that there might be an issue with that and lower scores? I do. We are in the third year also of what is called "push-in" where former full time ESE students are put into gen ed classes and expected to pass regardless of their learning ability or circumstances. My first year of "push-in" was with Pre Algebra and Algebra I students. Many of the Pre Algebra (which is no longer taught in high school in Santa Rosa County) were counting on their fingers, didn't have a full understanding of all the basic math facts associated with making progress in that sort of class, and were totally intimidated by being in that gen ed setting. Last year I did consult kids who were ESE labled, but had the ability to pass in the gen ed setting because their disabilities were minor in nature. This year I am pushing in with two English classes of 11th grade students who have not yet passed FCAT or the ACT. Some of these kids are right on the cusp of passing, but running out of time. They were never in college prep class types, yet the state is mandating they take the ACT as an alternative to the FCAT as another option to graduate. So why are we making kids take a test designed to notate college readiness when they never took the classes or have the ability to pass said classes that prep them for college? Hmmm, sort of stupid, right?
Being able to do basic arithmetic, basic geometry, READING, writing a comprehensive paragraph are not college preparatory courses. They are basic courses to graduate from highschool
What do they do in high school today if not taking arithmetic, geometry, READING, English, Literature, you know reading and comprehending a BOOK?
Here is a major reason for the failure of our schools today. Discipline and order are the major one.
Here is another MAJOR reason for the failure of our schools today. The parents either pay no attention and figure it is the JOB of government OR they parents are not allowed to CHOSE the school they wish for their children to attend. Something which is allowed for middle and upper income households.
An the final reason for bad schools:
National Education Association General Counsel Bob Chanin stated in July 2009.Chanin: "It is not because we care about children. And it is not because we have a vision of a great public school for every child. NEA and its affiliates are effective advocates because we have power. And we have power because there are more than 3.2 million people who are willing to pay us hundreds of millions of dollars in dues...."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwxiRXqH_hQ&NR=1Says it all, does it not?
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