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DrawTheL1ne Wrote: Jan 28, 2013 7:28 PM
Yep. We are bending over backwards, with increased cost to education, to accomodate illegals. And the Libs are loving it, at everyone elses expense. And since too many parents use school as a baby sitter and food station, student proficiency falls. And the libs cry out for more money.
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maryanne24 Wrote: Jan 28, 2013 7:42 PM
Not to mention everything is translated into spanish, tests, books, etc
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The U.S. education system is failing our kids and has been for decades. Thus, the first step towards solving this problem is admitting that we have one. And we certainly do -- as AFP’s Casey Given points out in his op-ed in The Hill today:
Since 1983, the freshmen high school graduation rate has increased a measly 1.8 percent. Meanwhile, student achievement on the National Assessment of Educational Progress has stagnated, dropping by 1 point in reading and increasing by merely 4 points in math among 17-year-olds from the early 1980s to 2008. Today, one-third of fourth graders are...
“One-Third of Fourth Graders are Functionally Illiterate”