No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Can race matter only some of the time?
Bush’s double standard on race in schools | csmonitor.com: Not surprisingly, the Bush administration is supporting the plaintiffs’ arguments that the use of such racial criteria is unconstitutional. It was no doubt delighted to hear Justice Anthony Kennedy say during oral arguments that “characterizing each student by reason of the color of his or her [...]
CC Texas Legislature, SBOE
Worth a read by some Texas Legislators and State Board of Education Members as well. An Open Letter to Margaret Spellings and Congress: “Human history,” said H. G. Wells, is “a race between education and catastrophe.” If we stay the course with No Child Left Behind, catastrophe is a sure bet. You’ll soon be deciding [...]
Good news for Kerrville
Kerrville Daily Times: The Texas Education Agency has reversed an earlier rating and given an “academically acceptable” rating to Tivy High School and the Kerrville Independent School District, according to a KISD news release. This was a case of counting students who were assigned to Tivy High School because they were housed at the Kerr [...]
Another Friday Press Release
Report Says Education Officials Violated Rules – New York Times: Department of Education officials violated conflict of interest rules when awarding grants to states under President Bush’s billion-dollar reading initiative, and steered contracts to favored textbook publishers, the department’s inspector general said yesterday. In a searing report that concludes the first in a series of [...]
Parental concern
The article’s various titles definitely uses the word “parents” suggesting more than one parent. Parents call for one way to rate U.S. schools: Many parents and educators are confused by conflicting U.S., Texas rankings However, only one parent is even mentioned: Parents call for one way to rate U.S. schools: Tiffany Davis thought she had [...]
Can the states do this for AYP?
I saw this and couldn’t help thinking about Spellings’ “99.9% pure” statement regarding NCLB. US military death count for Baghdad excluded bombs, mortar and rocket attacks – Africa & Middle East – International Herald Tribune: BAGHDAD, Iraq The U.S. military did not count people killed by bombs, mortars, rockets or other mass attacks — including [...]
So who’s accountable?
Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Texas/Southwest: In other words, a student who moved to Dallas in June and attended a local school the entire school year would still not be counted in that school’s scores the following spring. Does this mean that the students who move away from Dallas will be [...]