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Here's to a Chiefs BIG WIN in Oakland!!!!
I know it is Raider Week, but I have read these posts all week and feel I must add my two cents.
Living in Florida, Jeb Bush has put in place his brother's ideas on educational reform. Let me give a preview of what is in store if GW is in the White House.
We have the APlus plan in effect and here is how it has gone. You design and then give a test that you would fail simply by not letting anyone know what to study prior to taking that test. You would fail because you were not taught what you needed to know to be successful. You say this is pointless? Where as a politician you would be quick to exploit a situation that is so ripe for manipulation.
In doing this you have all the elements necessary to create the appearance of a statewide disaster in education. The test results would show low-performing students statewide and would hold teachers accountable for not teaching. The following year you administer the SAME test and alas show a meteoric rise in student performance. Rewards are abundant and educational reform has arrived.
You give anywhere from $40,000 to $200,000 to schools graded "A" according to test scores. How this money is used to TOTALLY up to the schools. Teachers may opt to take all of the money in bonuses from themselves!! Perfectly within the framework on the plan!
Don't you love it when a good plan comes together, especially in an election year? Political trick or educational reform? You decide. But before you do take time to research what is happening in Florida. Talk with students, parents and educators who fallen victim to this manipulation.
That being said - Kick A$$ Chiefs!!!!!!
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