Rubio has emerged as the best candidate for President of the United States. However, the favorite of conservatives continues to be Cruz who is totally unsuitable to be the leader of an increasingly ignorant, socialist, and perverted people. However, Cruz would be the perfect first President of a new Republic of Texas.
“Nationwide, only 33 percent of public-school eighth graders scored proficient or better in reading in 2015 and only 32 percent scored proficient or better in mathematics.
In 2015, 21 large urban school districts participated in the NAEP tests in reading and mathematics as part of what the Department of Education calls its Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA). Among these 21 districts, the Detroit Public Schools had the smallest percentages of eighth graders scoring proficient or better in reading and math.
In reading, the Cleveland public schools were next to last among the large urban school districts with only 11 percent scoring proficient or better. Baltimore and Fresno were tied for third worst with only 13 percent scoring proficient or better; and Philadelphia ranked fifth worst with only 16 percent scoring proficient or better.
The Cleveland public schools also ranked next to last in math, with only 9 percent of eight graders scoring proficient or better. Baltimore and Fresno were also tied for third worst in math, with only 12 percent scoring proficient or better; and Los Angeles ranked fifth worst with 15 percent scoring proficient or better in math.”
“Officials in a public school district about 50 miles north of San Francisco have found a new and exciting way to coddle kids. Under a new policy, students will be able to earn passing grades with scores of just 20 percent — and a solid C for doing absolutely nothing at all.
The lax, taxpayer-funded Cotati-Rohnert Park school district’s new grading system is called the equal interval scale, reports The Press Democrat, a newspaper out of nearby Santa Rosa.
The Cotati-Rohnert Park grade scale deviates from the traditional, well-established A-through-F scale by distributing grades in 20-percent increments from 0 to 100 percent, and by only giving grades of F for students with scores below 20 percent.
Thus, students who receive a score of 80 will be awarded an A-. In fact, any grade from 80 to 100 will be either an A or A-. By way of comparison, most students in America who score between 80 and 85 in a given class are sent home with either a B- or a B.
An accumulated percentage of 41 percent — which merits a well-deserved grade of F across most of the country — will now warrant a C- from the Northern California school district.
A measly percentage of 20-40 warrants passing grades between D- and D+.
Also, a school district-wide rule forces teachers to give every student a score of 50 percent even if they don’t complete a scintilla of homework or make an effort to mark down an answer on a test or quiz.
Paradoxically, then, students who refuse to do any work at all can be awarded a respectable C grade in the Cotati-Rohnert Park school district while students who actually put forth effort could receive lower D or F grades.”
“Good news, recent alien college graduate! Thanks to President Obama’s executive actions and an incentive program launched by the Department of Homeland Security, employers are much more likely to hire you before they would a native college grad. It falls under the department’s Optional Practical Training program, which currently gives recent alien graduates a one-year work permit and employers a cash bonus. The new rule not only adds a generous extension, it will also offer a bigger cash payout to employers who hire them.
As the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) notes, an illegal alien who majored in any of the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields will get an additional 17 months of permitted work, expanding their initial year guarantee to over two years. DHS has also upped the incentive for U.S. employers to hire non-citizens by offering them an increase from $10,000 to at least $12,000 to hire an alien STEM graduate.
CIS’ David North writes:
I searched the proposed rule that appears in today’s Federal Register for references to payroll taxes (FICA, the Federal Insurance Contributions Act) and found none. I guess DHS does not want us to know about the generous tax break that both employers and aliens get from this program. I find it intellectually dishonest not to mention this tax break in a long, extremely detailed document on this subject.”
I like Rubio and think (as of now) that he would make the most effective candidate against the Democrats. Things could change, of course.
My editor (who’s a moderate-type Republican) thinks Romney will get drafted in the end, but I can’t see that happening at this stage.
I genuinely like Ben Carson for his personal character and amazing story — but don’t have the confidence that he could (a) win a general election or (b) would be an effective president considering his own lack of experience (and sometimes lack of understanding, I’m afraid, based on interviews I’ve heard) & the enormous obstacles he would face.
I’d like to see any number of these folks get cabinet positions, though. 🙂
I missed most of the debate, just saw a bit of it before leaving work and then saw a recap later in the evening.
Public school: does it say anything that fourteen year old, who has not done a full year of school work since we took him from the public school fifth grade two years ago, but did work on fifth and fourth grade homeschool for the interim, is now a 3.3 student in eighth grade public school?
The grading scale I use is 50-59 = D, 60-69 = C, 70-79 = B, 80+=A. The software won’t recognize anything below 40 and even if I put in 40 to 50% it prints out as a R as in remedial assistance needed. This in turn triggers an avalanche of paper work hence the lowest score to type in is 51%.
In middle school the only reason for a non-passing grade is lack of completed work. By the time a student arrives in grade six, if there is any academic problems they would have been identified and received an IEP and thus they would receive different programming.
The judgement of what qualifies as a grade level proficiency is highly subjective. Often its manipulated to make progress appear during a government administration. About 10 years ago, province wide tests scored quite low and then showed a slow incremental improvement over the next 5 years. However, those involved in administering or marking the tests thought the tests became easier each year.
Even school by school comparisions reveal highly subjective nature of what constitutes grade level work. B level work in my daughter’s middle school was better than B level work in my own school — this slowly changed as myself and a colleague tighten up the standards.
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Rubio has emerged as the best candidate for President of the United States. However, the favorite of conservatives continues to be Cruz who is totally unsuitable to be the leader of an increasingly ignorant, socialist, and perverted people. However, Cruz would be the perfect first President of a new Republic of Texas.
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2 more reasons to never send your kids to public schools. It will just make them stupid.
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/detroit-public-schools-93-not-proficient-reading-96-not-proficient
“Nationwide, only 33 percent of public-school eighth graders scored proficient or better in reading in 2015 and only 32 percent scored proficient or better in mathematics.
In 2015, 21 large urban school districts participated in the NAEP tests in reading and mathematics as part of what the Department of Education calls its Trial Urban District Assessment (TUDA). Among these 21 districts, the Detroit Public Schools had the smallest percentages of eighth graders scoring proficient or better in reading and math.
In reading, the Cleveland public schools were next to last among the large urban school districts with only 11 percent scoring proficient or better. Baltimore and Fresno were tied for third worst with only 13 percent scoring proficient or better; and Philadelphia ranked fifth worst with only 16 percent scoring proficient or better.
The Cleveland public schools also ranked next to last in math, with only 9 percent of eight graders scoring proficient or better. Baltimore and Fresno were also tied for third worst in math, with only 12 percent scoring proficient or better; and Los Angeles ranked fifth worst with 15 percent scoring proficient or better in math.”
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http://dailycaller.com/2015/10/27/students-in-california-school-district-now-guaranteed-c-grades-for-doing-nothing/#ixzz3pnTDsmx2
“Officials in a public school district about 50 miles north of San Francisco have found a new and exciting way to coddle kids. Under a new policy, students will be able to earn passing grades with scores of just 20 percent — and a solid C for doing absolutely nothing at all.
The lax, taxpayer-funded Cotati-Rohnert Park school district’s new grading system is called the equal interval scale, reports The Press Democrat, a newspaper out of nearby Santa Rosa.
The Cotati-Rohnert Park grade scale deviates from the traditional, well-established A-through-F scale by distributing grades in 20-percent increments from 0 to 100 percent, and by only giving grades of F for students with scores below 20 percent.
Thus, students who receive a score of 80 will be awarded an A-. In fact, any grade from 80 to 100 will be either an A or A-. By way of comparison, most students in America who score between 80 and 85 in a given class are sent home with either a B- or a B.
An accumulated percentage of 41 percent — which merits a well-deserved grade of F across most of the country — will now warrant a C- from the Northern California school district.
A measly percentage of 20-40 warrants passing grades between D- and D+.
Also, a school district-wide rule forces teachers to give every student a score of 50 percent even if they don’t complete a scintilla of homework or make an effort to mark down an answer on a test or quiz.
Paradoxically, then, students who refuse to do any work at all can be awarded a respectable C grade in the Cotati-Rohnert Park school district while students who actually put forth effort could receive lower D or F grades.”
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What’s wrong with this picture?
http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/dhs-offering-employers-cash-if-they-hire-alien-college-grads-over-citizens#.Vi6x37-Snbk.facebook
“Good news, recent alien college graduate! Thanks to President Obama’s executive actions and an incentive program launched by the Department of Homeland Security, employers are much more likely to hire you before they would a native college grad. It falls under the department’s Optional Practical Training program, which currently gives recent alien graduates a one-year work permit and employers a cash bonus. The new rule not only adds a generous extension, it will also offer a bigger cash payout to employers who hire them.
As the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) notes, an illegal alien who majored in any of the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields will get an additional 17 months of permitted work, expanding their initial year guarantee to over two years. DHS has also upped the incentive for U.S. employers to hire non-citizens by offering them an increase from $10,000 to at least $12,000 to hire an alien STEM graduate.
CIS’ David North writes:
I searched the proposed rule that appears in today’s Federal Register for references to payroll taxes (FICA, the Federal Insurance Contributions Act) and found none. I guess DHS does not want us to know about the generous tax break that both employers and aliens get from this program. I find it intellectually dishonest not to mention this tax break in a long, extremely detailed document on this subject.”
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Did anyone see the debate? Most think the real losers were the moderators. They got booed about three or four times.
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Although he’s 3rd or 4th on my list, Rubio had the best line of the night.
https://youtu.be/iQYV-aG6XTk
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And speaking of that lib media SuperPAC…..
Here’s some of their work on Clinton’s behalf.
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I like Rubio and think (as of now) that he would make the most effective candidate against the Democrats. Things could change, of course.
My editor (who’s a moderate-type Republican) thinks Romney will get drafted in the end, but I can’t see that happening at this stage.
I genuinely like Ben Carson for his personal character and amazing story — but don’t have the confidence that he could (a) win a general election or (b) would be an effective president considering his own lack of experience (and sometimes lack of understanding, I’m afraid, based on interviews I’ve heard) & the enormous obstacles he would face.
I’d like to see any number of these folks get cabinet positions, though. 🙂
I missed most of the debate, just saw a bit of it before leaving work and then saw a recap later in the evening.
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And Cruz had the 2nd best line of the night…
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I didn’t get to see the debate. I think I am sorry I missed it.
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Public school: does it say anything that fourteen year old, who has not done a full year of school work since we took him from the public school fifth grade two years ago, but did work on fifth and fourth grade homeschool for the interim, is now a 3.3 student in eighth grade public school?
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The grading scale I use is 50-59 = D, 60-69 = C, 70-79 = B, 80+=A. The software won’t recognize anything below 40 and even if I put in 40 to 50% it prints out as a R as in remedial assistance needed. This in turn triggers an avalanche of paper work hence the lowest score to type in is 51%.
In middle school the only reason for a non-passing grade is lack of completed work. By the time a student arrives in grade six, if there is any academic problems they would have been identified and received an IEP and thus they would receive different programming.
The judgement of what qualifies as a grade level proficiency is highly subjective. Often its manipulated to make progress appear during a government administration. About 10 years ago, province wide tests scored quite low and then showed a slow incremental improvement over the next 5 years. However, those involved in administering or marking the tests thought the tests became easier each year.
Even school by school comparisions reveal highly subjective nature of what constitutes grade level work. B level work in my daughter’s middle school was better than B level work in my own school — this slowly changed as myself and a colleague tighten up the standards.
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We did explain to son that the only reason for his F’s was not turning in work, as his teachers had told him.
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