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Raising Regents Standard And Managing The Numbers
Next year graduation rates are expected to drop after the State makes it much more difficult to pass their test. The city’s graduation rate has increased steadily over the past several years, peaking at 59% last year. [Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch noted that three-quarters of city high school graduates entering city community colleges fail the entrance exams. She said one way to make a diploma mean more is to raise the passing score to higher than 65. “Maybe it means 75. Who knows, maybe it means 80,” Tisch told the Daily News. “We are saying that with this diploma, they should be ready to enter a four-year college.” She was also quoted in the WSJ as saying: “Our Regents diploma … More >>
Texas Board of Education Rewriting History
On Friday, the Texas Board of Education approved new social studies standards for their state. This might not sound all that important, but Texas is the second largest textbook buyer in the country, and since the largest market (California) has no money, it disproportionally affects what our nation’s students learn in their history classes. After experts write proposed standards, the Board can amend them by majority vote. Seven of the 14 members make up a seriously conservative bloc and they have passed more than 160 amendments to the standards. The NY Times Magazine wrote a story on the board last month, and noted that one of the prominent conservative members moved that Margaret Sanger, the birth-control pioneer, be included because … More >>
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