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Hi all-
I maintain that untrue exaggeration does not help our
cause. As
an alumnus and contributor to MIT I am personally insulted by the
sugggestion that the Institute will waive its standards for money.
Regards,
Jack
On Tue, 24 May 2005, Arlyn DeBruyckere wrote:
I'm not surprised. In Minnesota the "Education Department" has
decided that the NCLB ("No Child Left Behing" - really No Child Gets
Ahead) test at the high school level will be a life science test only
since all students are required to take life science. Even though
NCLB "requires" all students to have "learning opportunities" in all
science areas, only the life science parts will be on THE test for
9-12.
Colleges are complaining that about 30-40 percent of students need
remedial courses to be ready for college science and math. They say
they require 3 years of math and 3 years of science to be admitted
but in reality they will admit anyone who can write a check that
doesn't bounce.
NCLB says we have to teach all sciences (earth, physics, chemistry,
life) to ALL students in grades 9-12 but the state test will only
test life science. Put the combination of these two together and
wonder what will happen to science education in our state.
Arlyn DeBruyckere
Science Teacher
School Photographer
Hutchinson High School
1200 Roberts Road SW
Hutchinson MN 55350
HHS Weather at http://www.hutch.k12.mn.us/weather/
current_vantage_pro.htm
http://www.hutch.k12.mn.us/teacher/ArlynDeBruyckereHS.cfm
mailto:arlynd@hutch.k12.mn.us
http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/hea/
http://www.educationminnesota.org
If it is to be it is up to me!
--
"Trust me. I have a lot of experience at this."
General Custer's unremembered message to his men,
just before leading them into the Little Big Horn
Valley