Monday, April 27, 2009

And Here's Why... (from below)

Let's look, for just a minute, at our new Secretary of Education - Arne Duncan.

Under his 'stellar' guidance the Chicago Public Schools managed to reach these lofty educational heights:

83% Below grade level in Reading

87% Below grade level in Math

77% Below grade level in Writing

84% Below grade level in Science

And you get all this for the bargain price of $10,550 per student.

I guess his "Green for Grade$" program ($50 for an A, $35 for a B, and $20 for a C) didn't end up costing very much.

2 comments:

leah said...

Sad, very sad! At least the schools in our area fare pretty well, but we have rural schools with small classes (one local high school has a graduating class of just 40 kids- total). I don't think the schools up in Buffalo do as well, though!

Mrs. Squirrel said...

The dumbing down of America...

It's expensive in so many ways.