standards
No pass, no play, sorta
Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Texas/Southwest: In the past 12 years, some districts have created no-pass, no-play exemptions for classes ranging from calculus to cooking and auto repair. Others allow no exemptions.” I don’t think we ever would have envisioned (competing) schools being allowed to exempt different classes,” said former state [...]
Education reform is okay as long as it doesn’t interfere with school
Bloomberg.com: U.S.: U.S. public schools should be run by private contractors who would graduate most students by 10th grade, concluded an expert commission sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The plan also calls for state funding to replace local property taxes, free pre-kindergarten and higher teacher pay on a merit-based system. The Gates [...]
Dual Credit Student Ineligible for UIL?
Here’s another bill to file under “you’ve got to wonder…” 80(R) HB 208 – Introduced version – Bill Text: Sec.?33.087.??ELIGIBILITY OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN JOINT CREDIT OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS. A student otherwise eligible to participate in an extracurricular activity or a University Interscholastic League competition is not ineligible because the student is enrolled in [...]
Imagine That!
MySA.com: Metro | State: Rep. Harold Dutton, D-Houston, a longtime member of the House Public Education Committee, is not optimistic lawmakers will significantly improve public education.”We’ll probably talk about facility funds, but when you talk about facility funding, you’re talking about money, and who’s going to put more money into public education?” Dutton said. MySA.com: [...]
Will 4 by 4 Solve Ysleta’s Problems?
El Paso Times – 90% of YISD students need remedial college math: Students in the 12th grade will take the Accuplacer test and administrators hope to improve on past performances.According to Ysleta records, more than 90 percent of the students taking the Accuplacer would need to take remedial classes in math before enrolling in college [...]
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 [...]
Alternatives to Texas 4 by 4
Here’s a guess at what Texas’ 4 by 4 will lead to. Lexington Herald-Leader | 11/20/2006 | Educator works to reduce need for remedial courses Joe Bagnoli graduated from Ashland Holy Family High School with a 3.7 grade-point average and with A’s in four years of college preparatory math courses — algebra I and II, [...]
4 by 4, a Solution in Search of a Problem
Looks like high school students are going to have to take more math and science in order to graduate. Now I’m not saying this is a bad thing, I just want to know why did the legislature require it? Having not really paid attention to House Bill 1 at the time, I’m assuming it has [...]
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 [...]