Re: Consider reading...
Posted by Math Teacher on 6/10/08
Just more excuses.
On 6/10/08, Ali wrote:
> ESL's not the only problem. Poverty and lack of parental
> education as well as the way schools are funded add extensively
> to the difficulties American educators face.
>
> If you want to read up on our national education system, you
> should look into Jonathon Kozol's Savage Inequalities and Shame
> of the Nation.
>
>
>
> On 6/07/08, Math teacher wrote:
>> Your argument falls apart quickly when you look at the facts.
>>
>> All state measurements in the listing noted use averages. So
>> it is an apples-apples comparison.
>>
>> ESL is also not a factor since the lowest states on the list
>> are not ESL states. Are the people in Maine speaking French-
>> Canadian and that is why they are so low? Is South Carolina
>> now considered a border state? Why are Arizona and New Mexico
>> so much higher than California? They have large ESL/Spanish
>> populations.
>>
>> No, there is no ESL correlation. You are trying to dance
>> around the facts.
>>
>> California education is in the lower 1/3 of the country.
>>
>>
>> On 6/06/08, Goody Goody wrote:
>>> CA is #35 according to the site.
>>>
>>> These are "average" scores.
>>>
>>> CA did pretty well for a being such large state that is
>>> dealing with so many ESL/ELA students.
>>>
>>> On 6/06/08, Get a life wrote:
>>>> For those whiners who want to be politically correct
>>>> and "goody goody"
>>>>
>>>> State SAT scores for 2007
>>>> http://www.midwestsites.com/stellent2/groups/public/documen
>>>> ts/pub/mws_am_ed_000924.hcsp
>>>>
>>>> Colorado #18
>>>> California #36
>>>>
>>>> Not even close.
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