Archive for November, 2006
A Flexible 4 by 4
MySA.com: Metro | State: AUSTIN — High school students will face a tougher curriculum beginning next year, but likely won’t have to take the highest level of math and science to meet the new fourth-year requirements. A blow to full employment for Physics and Pre-Cal teachers, a blow against watering down their class content. MySA.com: [...]
Not all math classes are created equal
Texas has the solution to poor math scores–require more math classes for graduation. It’s part the new “4-by-4″ curriculum that’s supposed to raise standards and better prepare students for college. Tougher classes may await Texas’ college-bound | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle: In September, the board gave a tentative nod to a plan that would allow [...]
Bill Gates’ Standards or This Explains a lot about Windows
According to Bill Gates, Texas is a model education system because we require more math and science credits to graduate than Washington state. KGBT 4 – TV Harlingen, TX: Bill Gates’ education proposal: Be like Texas: Twenty-seven states require students to take three or four years of math to graduate from high school. Washington requires [...]
Mixed signals, ignored signals
This is a big deal in Texas since anyone in the top ten percent in the class is automatically accepted at any state university. MySA.com: Metro | State: Dozens of parents of high school students in the North East Independent School District let school board members know late Monday they’re not happy with how the [...]
Another $5 milllion might do it
MySA.com: Metro | State: James Leininger spent nearly $5 million this year trying to elect voucher-friendly lawmakers to the Legislature, but now the retired San Antonio businessman and physician is farther from his goal than ever. This wasn’t a case of money being distributed over a number of different organizations and candidates. It was more [...]