The latest edition of the Carnival of Ohio Politics is up and running. There are many good reads, but I’d like to point out one post – The Dean of Cincinnati (Media Beacon) regarding Ohio’s graduation tests which are upon Ohio students starting this week.
Justin Jeffre has introduced a complaint to start an investigation claiming that the test questions violate Ohio’s own constitutional standards for the test. Good read and it includes a link to the actual complaint. Peace Out – 3C
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1 Roman // Mar 24, 2008 at 8:28 am
Shocking, a test thought up by a government bureaucracy to hold schools accountable and improve education actually does the opposite.
The sad thing is that the liberal looks at this and is actually surprised. He then rations that maybe this didn’t work but maybe if we try remedy #1,068 it will produce the desired results.
The conservative is not surprised in the least. On the contrary, this is what conservatives expected all along.
We should get rid of this testing and state mandated cirriculums. We should return the control of the schools back to the schools. Also, instead of spending money on people who come up with these garbage exams, we should use that money to send kids from unsuccessful schools, to successful private schools.
2 Carole Cohen // Mar 24, 2008 at 9:18 am
Roman, tests have been around since I was in school which means quite a while. The problem is they are always changing styles; open classrooms, team teaching, the factory system, it all depends on which educator (s) system/book everyone is following in what decade. I buy into the ideology that schools have been set up like corporations with management (admn) not including parents just tolerating them when they have to do so. I agree with you that a Nat’l standardized test system is not the way to go. You lost me however when you said just use private schools. And I doubt you would have even heard Ronald Reagan say that was the way to go.
3 Roman // Mar 24, 2008 at 3:25 pm
It is not the fact that schools are run like corporations that I find troubling, its the fact that these corporations have artificial goals. They are the worst type of corporations: state-run corporations.
To be honest, I know NOTHING about educational methodology, but I do know that bureaucrats who inted to centrally plan the state’s educational system are doomed to failure.
As for Ronald Reagan, I actually do believe he would support the freedom to choose between schools. He was a political genius and when you are a political genius you know when to not say things the country is not ready for. I know of a couple who lives in Lyndhurst and they have a 4 year old son. They are now looking to move somewher with a good school district because they don’t want their son to go to the disaster that is Brush High School. They shouldn’t have to move. They should be able to put their kid into whatever school they wish as long as the other school agrees to take him.
4 Carole Cohen // Mar 24, 2008 at 3:55 pm
Well, I think he did support the freedom, I just don’t really think he supported abandoning the public school systems. I personally have no problem with choice, just not a fan of public money (vouchers) going to private schools. What I meant by corporation models was that to me, no one is a more vocal advocate for their kids than parents. I used to teach in the public school system, at least for a few yrs. I think it’s been 30 years since parentst were really participating in curriculum, etc. Just an observation from a former teacher here.
And I want to understand you correctly, you are saying you think the Lyndhurst family should able to put their kids in a private school of their choice or a different public school? I’m afraid I’m not as knowledgeable about public school placement from one school to another. They can certainly send kids to private schools but then have to pay for it and that is cost prohibitive, is that what you mean?
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