Coming Monday: Dumbing Down Kids (Again)
South Carolina’s educrats like to boast about our public schools having the “toughest standards” in the nation.
Hogwash.
South Carolina’s so-called “rigorous standards” are nothing more than goalposts moved at will by the State Department of Education and the equally-incompetent Education Oversight Commission to paint a rosier picture of a thorny academic reality that gets thornier with each passing year.
Coming Monday, FITS will examine how one special interest – represented by an entrenched RINO lobbyist – is gaming the system to the detriment of South Carolina children, and why that lobbyist is reportedly “doubling down” in his bid to keep “dumbing down” your kids.
Comments
By Darth on September 25th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Another reason they don’t like charter schools…
By Laura Campbell on September 25th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
Equally, if not more important, is the FACT that kids cannot learn if they are victims of abuse or their parents are strung out on drugs or destitute due to unemployment. Look at the figures, Folks and folks and start reporting on and expressing outrage about this.
By RedBank Bar on September 25th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Yes, sir, Mr. Rich, anything you say Mr. Rich. Excuse me, Mr. Rich, us here at Fitz didn’t mean to break our nose against your butt.
By dirtbogger on September 25th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
We should get rid of the Department of Education all together. We should keep the money at home and let our teachers and our elected school board decide education and get government the hell out of the way of education.
George Bush was a dumb ass with his bill the No Child Left Behind Act!
By Toyota Kawaski on September 25th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Yesah Mr.Rich May i have another sirs
By Ceiling KItty on September 25th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
You go Will!
The “high standards” line is total crap.
Look how even the “best” schools in SC are way behind good schools in other states on the ACT/SAT.
That is why the Eductrats pushed for standardized testing that is ONLY used in SC – so no one can see how bad some of the schools really are!
By BIN News Editorial Staff on September 26th, 2009 at 12:53 am
sic(k) willie speaks like a real voucher clown. Howie the Carpetbugger must have sent sic(k) willie another “anonymous” contribution.
sic(k) willie, do you declare all of your voucher clown contributions?
State and Federal?
Just wondering.
By educated for free thought on September 26th, 2009 at 10:30 am
I am assuming that BIN was educated in one of these wonderful SC schools of which he so defensive.
By BIN News Editorial Staff on September 26th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Shame on voucher clowns. sic(k) willie and Howie’s other carpetbuggers know exactly the problems facing public education in SC.
You know! Poverty, racism and the social ills that go with them. And don’t forget lack of funding and the shameful “minimally adequate” standard.
Now before some voucher clown jumps off the Gervais Street Bridge whining about minimally adequate, just remember the SC Supreme Court ruled.
The Legislature has the power to fix the shameful minimally adequate standard and can also address the other real issues.
Instead they foolishly debate a voucher scam that would only leave those who need help the most even further behind.
Come on SC, let’s rise up and send Howie’s voucher clowns a message:
“…I’m mad as hell…” Vouchers are a scam!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_qgVn-Op7Q
By Soft Sigh From Hell on September 27th, 2009 at 9:09 am
The entrenched–the conservatives who rule SC and educrats* who rule the schools–would shrink with horror were SC to decide to truly prepare its students for the 21st Century world and economy. That would require teaching our upcoming citizens how to think rather than what to think: for example, rational problem comprehension and reasoned problem solving, rather than rote memorization, trite positions, and regional myths.
*”-crats” from “bureau-” not “Demo-.”
By baker on September 27th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
“Look how even the “best” schools in SC are way behind good schools in other states on the ACT/SAT.”
I guess this refers back to Will Folks’ post (maybe it originated from SCRG) about Irmo having lower SAT scores than Chapel Hill High School. Someone looked at the actual demographics of those two schools and showed that Irmo has a much higher percentage of poor students…..this “best schools” comparison isn’t what it’s cracked up to be.
Anyway, it’ll be interesting to see what Will comes up with tomorrow.