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Education Week points out that 'Proficiency for All' Is an Oxymoron.
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Proficiency for All Is an Oxymoron
Education Week points out that 'Proficiency for All' Is an Oxymoron.
The No Child Left Behind Act requires all students to be proficient by 2014. This is widely understood to be unattainable because 2014 is too soon. But there is no date by which all (or nearly all) students, even middle-class students, can achieve proficiency. “Proficiency for all” is an oxymoron.
- Homeschool Band
Sometimes Tom Dye has to shush his students, but not very often. Nearly every time the band director picks up his baton, his students are watching attentively. "They think about education in a different way than public school students,” said Dye, director...
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"It is time for the good of the community, the school district, the families and the students involved to move on .... I have decided to grant to the students involved their diplomas," Superintendent Gene Denisar said in a written statement. Denisar...
- South Hall Middle School No Longer Requires Its 950 Students To Wear Uniforms
South Hall Middle School no longer requires its 950 students to wear uniforms. The school began last Thursday allowing students to either wear uniforms, a mixture of royal and baby blues, or abide by the district's regular dress code. Principal...
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Students who claimed their civil rights were violated when they were issued citations for leaving school to attend immigration protest marches have settled their lawsuit with the city, officials said. The city and the Round Rock school district agreed...
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A middle school teacher who didn't have time to escort three students to the restroom is under fire for allegedly telling them to answer nature's call in a soda bottle. I can only image how embarrassed and humiliated the students must have been....