Page 8 of 13 FirstFirst ... 456789101112 ... LastLast
Results 106 to 120 of 191

Thread: Florida Governor orders schools to drop standards for academic performance

  1. #106 | Top
    Join Date
    Sep 2018
    Posts
    76,784
    Thanks
    30,519
    Thanked 12,926 Times in 11,513 Posts
    Groans
    11
    Groaned 1,361 Times in 1,347 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Micawber View Post
    Trump should have taken a course on remedial civics, administration of govt and constitutional powers of the executive.
    You are describing yourself again. Inversion fallacy. Go read the Constitution of the United States, which you deny.
    "The atmosphere is among the factors that determines the Earth's atmosphere." --ZenMode
    "Donald has failed in almost every endeavor he has attempted. " --floridafan
    "Abortion is not a moral issue. " --BidenPresident
    "Propaganda can also be factual." --Flash
    "Even after being vaccinated, you shed virus particles." --Jerome
    "no slavery is forcing another into labor" -archives
    "Evs are much safer from fires" -- Nordberg
    "Abortion has killed no one." -- LurchAddams

  2. #107 | Top
    Join Date
    Sep 2021
    Location
    Colorado
    Posts
    1,552
    Thanks
    177
    Thanked 667 Times in 469 Posts
    Groans
    21
    Groaned 74 Times in 66 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Micawber View Post
    Gov. DeSantis Announces End Of ‘Florida Standards Assessment’ In Schools (msn.com)

    Will ReTrumplicans administer snake handling, vaccine denial and flat earth appreciation credits instead?

    It's so "customizable" not to prove your kids know the three Rs

    Your article does not support your thread title.

  3. The Following User Says Thank You to Gondwanaland For This Post:

    TOP (09-19-2021)

  4. #108 | Top
    Join Date
    Jan 2020
    Posts
    28,510
    Thanks
    3,856
    Thanked 12,015 Times in 8,274 Posts
    Groans
    29
    Groaned 2,673 Times in 2,479 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Into the Night View Post
    Colleges offer remedial courses to teach the stuff people should have learned in high school. The high school graduated these students anyway..
    In America, not all high school graduates are educated to a college level. You can get a college bound high school diploma, or a non-college bound high school diploma.

  5. The Following User Says Thank You to Walt For This Post:

    ThatOwlWoman (09-19-2021)

  6. #109 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2017
    Posts
    56,498
    Thanks
    25,106
    Thanked 20,416 Times in 16,405 Posts
    Groans
    129
    Groaned 1,433 Times in 1,355 Posts
    Blog Entries
    7

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    In America, not all high school graduates are educated to a college level. You can get a college bound high school diploma, or a non-college bound high school diploma.
    There are different types of diplomas and requirements...that doesn't mean that anyone who wants to should not be able to go on to college if they want to If that were the case no special needs students would ever be able to attend...and be successful...And some most certainly do...

  7. #110 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2017
    Location
    Ravenhenge in the Northwoods
    Posts
    88,278
    Thanks
    145,685
    Thanked 82,496 Times in 52,724 Posts
    Groans
    1
    Groaned 4,657 Times in 4,376 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    In America, not all high school graduates are educated to a college level. You can get a college bound high school diploma, or a non-college bound high school diploma.
    It's always been that way, even back in the cave man days when *I* was in h.s. Nevertheless, we were still supposed to be able to pass basic college placement exams in math and English.
    "Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain

  8. #111 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2017
    Location
    Ravenhenge in the Northwoods
    Posts
    88,278
    Thanks
    145,685
    Thanked 82,496 Times in 52,724 Posts
    Groans
    1
    Groaned 4,657 Times in 4,376 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by TOP View Post
    There are different types of diplomas and requirements...that doesn't mean that anyone who wants to should not be able to go on to college if they want to If that were the case no special needs students would ever be able to attend...and be successful...And some most certainly do...
    Nice run on sentence there, "teacher." I bet "your" kids had to take a lot of remedial stuff before they could get into community college.
    "Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain

  9. #112 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2017
    Posts
    56,498
    Thanks
    25,106
    Thanked 20,416 Times in 16,405 Posts
    Groans
    129
    Groaned 1,433 Times in 1,355 Posts
    Blog Entries
    7

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Gondwanaland View Post
    Your article does not support your thread title.
    He didn't bother to read it...Pesky details....

  10. The Following User Says Thank You to TOP For This Post:

    Gondwanaland (09-19-2021)

  11. #113 | Top
    Join Date
    Jan 2020
    Posts
    28,510
    Thanks
    3,856
    Thanked 12,015 Times in 8,274 Posts
    Groans
    29
    Groaned 2,673 Times in 2,479 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by TOP View Post
    There are different types of diplomas and requirements...that doesn't mean that anyone who wants to should not be able to go on to college if they want to If that were the case no special needs students would ever be able to attend...and be successful...And some most certainly do...
    I believe anyone should be allowed to upgrade their education to be ready for college.

  12. The Following User Says Thank You to Walt For This Post:

    ThatOwlWoman (09-19-2021)

  13. #114 | Top
    Join Date
    Jan 2020
    Posts
    28,510
    Thanks
    3,856
    Thanked 12,015 Times in 8,274 Posts
    Groans
    29
    Groaned 2,673 Times in 2,479 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by ThatOwlWoman View Post
    It's always been that way, even back in the cave man days when *I* was in h.s. Nevertheless, we were still supposed to be able to pass basic college placement exams in math and English.
    It used to be there was no Algebra requirement to graduate from high school, but there was an Algebra requirement to go to [most] colleges. So one could graduate from high school with a diploma that would not allow immediate access to college. A student with such a high school diploma could take non-college Algebra at a community college.

    Now 20 states require Algebra to graduate from high school. That is still a minority of the states.

    There is a debate whether high school should be about always preparing students for college or not.

  14. The Following User Says Thank You to Walt For This Post:

    ThatOwlWoman (09-19-2021)

  15. #115 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2017
    Posts
    56,498
    Thanks
    25,106
    Thanked 20,416 Times in 16,405 Posts
    Groans
    129
    Groaned 1,433 Times in 1,355 Posts
    Blog Entries
    7

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    I believe anyone should be allowed to upgrade their education to be ready for college.
    That's why college offer courses to do just that... Many colleges provide accommodations for special needs students if necessary....

  16. #116 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2017
    Posts
    56,498
    Thanks
    25,106
    Thanked 20,416 Times in 16,405 Posts
    Groans
    129
    Groaned 1,433 Times in 1,355 Posts
    Blog Entries
    7

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    It used to be there was no Algebra requirement to graduate from high school, but there was an Algebra requirement to go to [most] colleges. So one could graduate from high school with a diploma that would not allow immediate access to college. A student with such a high school diploma could take non-college Algebra at a community college.

    Now 20 states require Algebra to graduate from high school. That is still a minority of the states.

    There is a debate whether high school should be about always preparing students for college or not.
    Not every student will benefit from a college degree...I'm sure you know people with ones that they've never been able to use....
    Better to provide life skills (home ec, ind arts, etc)/voc training classes to everyone instead of requiring Algebra..

  17. #117 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2017
    Posts
    56,498
    Thanks
    25,106
    Thanked 20,416 Times in 16,405 Posts
    Groans
    129
    Groaned 1,433 Times in 1,355 Posts
    Blog Entries
    7

    Default

    Individualizing education as much as possible is the very best option these days...

  18. #118 | Top
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Location
    Steeler Nation
    Posts
    64,532
    Thanks
    65,153
    Thanked 38,090 Times in 25,663 Posts
    Groans
    5,815
    Groaned 2,614 Times in 2,498 Posts

    Default

    What's True SB 744 extended the temporary suspension of Oregon's Essential Learning Skills prerequisite, meaning that until 2024 at the earliest, high school students do not have to pass standardized tests in several academic skill areas in order to obtain a high school diploma.

    What's False SB 744 did not alter or remove the existing and continued requirement, in state law, that Oregonian high school students must obtain at least 24 credits, including in English, mathematics and science classes, in order to get a high school diploma — a less standardized but still substantial form of de facto proof that a given student possesses many of the same basic academic competencies in question.




    “What greater gift than the love of a cat.”
    ― Charles Dickens

  19. The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to christiefan915 For This Post:

    Cypress (09-19-2021), ThatOwlWoman (09-19-2021)

  20. #119 | Top
    Join Date
    Oct 2017
    Location
    Ravenhenge in the Northwoods
    Posts
    88,278
    Thanks
    145,685
    Thanked 82,496 Times in 52,724 Posts
    Groans
    1
    Groaned 4,657 Times in 4,376 Posts
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    It used to be there was no Algebra requirement to graduate from high school, but there was an Algebra requirement to go to [most] colleges. So one could graduate from high school with a diploma that would not allow immediate access to college. A student with such a high school diploma could take non-college Algebra at a community college.

    Now 20 states require Algebra to graduate from high school. That is still a minority of the states.

    There is a debate whether high school should be about always preparing students for college or not.
    My h.s. required two years of math to graduate; I do not know if this was a state requirement or the district's, or if a district can have tougher standards than the state. The only math offered below algebra was a general course, so you ended up having to take algebra whether you wanted to or not. I wanted not. lol

    They also offered a vo-tech program where kids went to the h.s. half a day and to a training facility the other half. When they graduated they had a good basic education, plus a trade skill so that they could get a job right away, or become an apprentice. That district still ranks in the top ten in Missouri.

    This sounds like a good plan, don't you think?
    "Conservatism is the blind and fear-filled worship of dead radicals." -- Mark Twain

  21. #120 | Top
    Join Date
    Apr 2009
    Location
    Steeler Nation
    Posts
    64,532
    Thanks
    65,153
    Thanked 38,090 Times in 25,663 Posts
    Groans
    5,815
    Groaned 2,614 Times in 2,498 Posts

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Walt View Post
    trump had to repeatedly taught remedial civics, but he refused to learn.
    He's so stupid he doesn't understand how SCOTUS works.


    “What greater gift than the love of a cat.”
    ― Charles Dickens

  22. The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to christiefan915 For This Post:

    Cypress (09-19-2021), Walt (09-20-2021)

Similar Threads

  1. Vancouver BC - Schools DROP HONORS PROGRAMS because blacks can't compete
    By Text Drivers are Killers in forum Current Events Forum
    Replies: 9
    Last Post: 06-25-2021, 12:19 AM
  2. North Carolina governor orders schools closed through May 15
    By Guno צְבִי in forum Current Events Forum
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 03-23-2020, 12:06 PM
  3. US factory orders post largest drop in more than a year
    By Bourbon in forum Current Events Forum
    Replies: 18
    Last Post: 12-06-2018, 01:17 PM
  4. Replies: 10
    Last Post: 09-29-2013, 10:11 PM
  5. Prayer in schools? Double standards?
    By 007 in forum Current Events Forum
    Replies: 21
    Last Post: 05-30-2013, 11:31 PM

Bookmarks

Posting Rules

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •