[Hughie]

247 7th Ave.

[Tek_Freek]

This thread has already gone wonky.

[Tek_Freek]

Originally Posted by Hughie

Too, too funny. THE NEAP reports? If you weren't Canadian, I'd think you are a product if our local education system. Too funny.

Just jump into the fray and..... lmao! And too funny.

[Nn2036]

Originally Posted by EA

Being the best in America is not that good. Being in the middle is damn sure not something to write home about. We just teach to the test and the tests are useless. Very little of what we're teaching our kids is useful. It's like teaching your dog how to drive. Sure you can do it, but it's completely useless because dogs aren't allowed to drive anywhere but your own closed course. It doesn't benefit the dog, you, or society. Who cares if we're churning out the best button pushers money can buy. Without critical thinking and life skills we're all doomed as a species.

Well, most school systems in those highly rated Asian countries also teach kids to do test, and do test very well. That is why they scored so high.

[Hughie]

Originally Posted by Tek_Freek

Just jump into the fray and..... lmao! And too funny.

Im happy someone caught that, probably form Ohio?

[EA]

Originally Posted by Nn2036

Well, most school systems in those highly rated Asian countries also teach kids to do test, and do test very well. That is why they scored so high.

China is extremely overpopulated, has a girl shortage, people are renting out literal cages to live in, their air is polluted, they just got a brand new dictator for life, and they tend to have the common sense of a stone. Not exactly a glowing example of teaching to the test.

[Tek_Freek]

Originally Posted by Hughie

Im happy someone caught that, probably form Ohio?

I believe that you are out of touch with reality. Perhaps just a little. If you would fill out a from we could test my theory.

[08grad]

Of course we rank higher. We get to count our higher performing suburban schools, while everyone else is judged by the schools in their city limits. All of their high performing suburban districts are excluded from this data, with the exception of major cities in Florida.

The problem is, we don't have the high performing suburban schools that virtually all these major cities have. Coronado HS is our best comprehensive HS and they're weak compared to top public schools in major cities.

[CD2017]

Originally Posted by Cold Warrior

I WILL NOT be satisfied until EVERY school district is above average.

Think about that for a second....

[Tek_Freek]

You didn't give them enough time. Let's be kind and give them a decade.