Despite Massive Funding Increases, SC Still Losing Ground On “Nation’s Report Card”
MORE MONEY DOES NOT EQUAL PROGRESS While “Republicans” in the S.C. General Assembly toYou must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
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I think this says more about SC parents than SC schools.
Teachers only get the child a few hours a day out of a limited number of days in the year. There’s only so much you can do.
Man – two articles about South Carolina Schools in one day – did the “Voucher Clown” open his checkbook again?
SC Still Losing Ground On “Nation’s Report Card” – meanwhile:
Drop outs are way down: http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/education/2015/11/18/south-carolina-graduation-rates-climb/76011906/
SAT Scores are up: http://legacy.wltx.com/story/news/education/2014/10/07/south-carolina-sat-scores-up/16863351/
The 32 schools listed as “State Priority Schools” are finally getting real attention (a note here, all but one are in economically challenged areas of the state. ( an note here, Many of the schools on the list are in multi district counties – we’ll never get real reform until the gerrymandered districts are eliminated Florence has 5 districts, Orangeburg 3, Spartanburg seven – this makes no sense and is VERY expensive.) http://ed.sc.gov/districts-schools/school-improvement/state-priority-schools/
When you start with borderline retards there’s little you can do.
“…borderline retards…” – they live in Augusta and Aiken and Charlotte and Rock Hill/Lancaster right?
“…market-based academic reform”… code for taxpayer-financed welfare to home-schooling parents and religious wingnuts who believe taxpayers should foot the bill for their children’s “market-based” education.
Different from corporate welfare… how, exactly?