Archive for April, 2007
Data pictures
These graphs show the graduation rate and per student expenditures for Texas Colleges according the College Results Online website. 2005 Public Texas Colleges 2005 Private Texas Colleges
Meaningless numbers?
I’ve been spending way too much time on the College Results Online website but it provides basic information that you won’t find on any college website. I’ve actually downloaded some of the Texas data into a spreadsheet to take a closer look at patterns and such–what can I say, my thesis was on dropout statistics? [...]
Public policy in Texas–I’ve got mine
Let me start by saying that there are many deserving high school graduates who will not get into UT Austin, one of the state’s two tier one universities (according to US News and World Report which is a whole other issue), because of the top ten percent rule. I think this is something that everyone [...]
Bond elections should be in September
Our local school district has a bond election coming up and we just received our tax appraisal notices. Someone had the audacity to post information about the bond issue on our local neighborhood group. Needless to say, the immediate response was that our taxes our high enough as is, etcetera, etcetera. Two things really bugged [...]
Indicators of college effectiveness
Even though my son has shown absolutely no interest in colleges (except for their football programs) I have been looking at the possibilities. Given that we can expect to qualify for zero financial aid and finding myself leaning toward small, private schools, I’ve started thinking about is it really worth it to spend $30,000 a [...]
This wouldn’t have anything to do with athletics?
Senate panel votes to toughen no-pass, no-play | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Texas Southwest: Although the standard requires students to earn at least a 70 in every subject to participate in extracurricular events, lawmakers authorized school principals to exempt students in honors and advanced placement courses so they wouldn’t be [...]
I don’t think I would survive as a teacher
We have been meeting with several families to do some subjects together and all I can say is that I don’t know how teachers do it. Why do they go before a class of 20 or 30 students, most of whom don’t want to be there, many who don’t have paper or pencil much less [...]
Enough said
MySA.com: Metro | State: The classification system that long has arranged Texas high school football programs by enrollment size for the purpose of competitive parity may be on the verge of its most radical alteration ever. University Interscholastic League athletic director Dr. Charles Breithaupt said his organization’s legislative council will be presented in June with [...]
How it all starts
High School Students Upset Over Holocaust Assignment | WOAI.COM: San Antonio News: Students and teachers said the students tagged as Jews were forced to stand against the wall as those portraying Germans passed by in the hallway. The Jewish students were also the last to eat lunch and had to pick up everyone’s garbage, the [...]
Avoid the UT Austin classes on logic
The article is talking about the tuition deregulation and the rising cost of attending a state school. And then for some reason, we’re warned about the a train wreck coming if the top ten percent rule isn’t changed at UT Austin. Huh? Senators pan tuition hikes | WFAA.com | Local News: TV: Lawmakers tried but [...]