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There Is No Secret to Quality Public Schools
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I LOVE SUSAN ROJAS - "I could teach a monkey to count." - this is the problem with American education and employers, they don't want thinkers, they want monkeys that count to three and push buttons.
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In Washington State, I could imagine the cream of the crop educators designing a new curriculum only to have it savaged eight ways to sunday by a variety of school districts because it didn't meet the specific needs of its student residents.
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I did analytical work for Colorado Public Schools, specifically investigating the efficacy of the "No Child Left Behind" programs.
The results were astonishingly clear: The more state and federal funds a school got, the more the student's achievement rose. Location of the schools was irrelevant - rich and poor and middle class neighborhoods all saw the same results. More money = Better education. Period. No other variables had even close to as much influence.
We released the results publicly, but no one ever seemed to notice or care much. I guess everyone has their own beliefs, facts be damned.
The results were astonishingly clear: The more state and federal funds a school got, the more the student's achievement rose. Location of the schools was irrelevant - rich and poor and middle class neighborhoods all saw the same results. More money = Better education. Period. No other variables had even close to as much influence.
We released the results publicly, but no one ever seemed to notice or care much. I guess everyone has their own beliefs, facts be damned.
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@5,
I dug around a bit on CO's dept of ed. webpage but I can't find the report I helped on. This one looks like a follow-up (although I just skimmed it, I can't be sure if it's the same work I was doing):
http://www.cde.state.co.us/FedPrograms/d…
There's a bunch of other reports on their website too if you feel adventurous.
I dug around a bit on CO's dept of ed. webpage but I can't find the report I helped on. This one looks like a follow-up (although I just skimmed it, I can't be sure if it's the same work I was doing):
http://www.cde.state.co.us/FedPrograms/d…
There's a bunch of other reports on their website too if you feel adventurous.
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"employers, they don't want thinkers, they want monkeys that count to three and push buttons."
You'vee never worked in HR have you?
You'vee never worked in HR have you?
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So what you're saying is that the public needs to fund teachers to do what parents aren't doing at home? Where does this end?
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