Education Index

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  • Spending Analysis: This is a comparison between spending and achievement in the Illinois school system
  • The Four Legged Stool: Assigning responsibility for success and failure
    • Principals: A brief commentary on different types of principals and their results
      • Discipline: How one principal changed a schools outcome
    • Teachers: How do you recruit and retain good teachers?
      • The Illinois Study: The Chicago Sun-Times analyzed the pass-fail records for nearly 416,000 Basic Skills and subject matter tests taken by prospective educators between July 1988 and April 2001, as well as all available records on teaching assignments and certification for educators employed in Illinois public schools near the beginning of the 2000-2001 school year. This article reviews the results
        • Background Information Why were the teachers studied? As one person said: ‘"It's unfair for Chicago to hold kids back based on a standardized test when they may be taught by a teacher who can't pass a similar test," said Julie Woestehoff of Parents United for Responsible Education. "We keep hearing they are holding our children to high standards. What standards are adults being held to?"
        • Basic Test: ''This is a test designed to screen out completely illiterate teaching candidates, so the fact that someone passes this test is not something to throw a party over,"Loveless said. "It doesn't mean they are a good candidate. It simply means they are not illiterates.''
        • Teacher Comment: One teacher said ''If someone does fail, that does say something about the public schools. It's called basic skills--it's not rocket science. It's common sense.''  But another lamented ''I think it's unfair to label people for not passing the test--saying they are incompetent teachers.''
        • The Results: A special education teacher in Chicago failed the most tests, flunking 24 of 25 tests taken--including 11 of the 12 Basic Skills tests attempted. For more, read this “Gateway” page
          • Chicago Vs Other: A tabulation of the type of failing teacher and where they are from
          • By Teacher Type: A tabulation of Failure rate of teachers taking a “Subject” exam
      • Continuing Education: An interesting expose’ on the joke called “Continuing Education”
      • The Unions: A “Gateway” page to a discussion on unions hurting the educational system
        • Bad Apples: A discussion on problems encountered while attempting to replace bad educators
        • Anti-Reformers: A discussion on how anti-reformers ban together to keep the incompetent in our schools
      • Screwy Louies: A few outrageous incidents occurring in our school system.
        • The Boa: A teacher was planning to feed live puppies to his pet boa in front of all his school children
        • Homo Endorsement: A teacher forces children who oppose homosexuality to stand in a circle in front of the room
        • This is Education?: To read why home schooling is looking more and more like the only sane educational option these days, read this article!
    • Parents: This “Gateway” page discusses how many parent just don’t seem to give a hill of beans about their children. They don’t have a clue about rearing a child,  much less dicipline techniques.
      • Changing Grades: Erich Martel, a history teacher at Wilson Senior High School in D.C., issued an F last year to a girl who took his Advanced Placement U.S. history course. It was enough to prevent her from graduating. But when the school held its commencement ceremony, there was the student — strolling across the stage in her cap and gown. This is just one....
    • Students: This is a “Gateway” page to more information
      • Hiding Failure: This article discusses the manner in which California changes grades to meet its “Social Engineering” mandates
  • Alternate Choices: This “Gateway” page discusses hoe many believe the system has been so corrupted and compromised by the liberal left fringe, it is no longer salvageable and new choices must be placed on the table. This section explores some of those choices as well as other’s comments on the existing system.
    • Is Ed Dead: Evidence coming in from the cities tells us that...public education died long ago.  Vouchers may be the only way to revive it.
    • Home Schooling: If anything, some experts say, the homeschoolers are proving to be better prepared for adulthood than their traditionally schooled peers.
    • Vouchers: “She glances over at Toshika with a look that is equal parts love and apprehension. ‘It isn't about a choice,’ she says. ‘It's about a chance.’

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