Comments on: Stats can lie

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:51:06 +0000

Remove the use of standardized testing as the benchmark for how well a student or a school is doing, and it’s a start. Bush’s No Child Left Behind policy made this into a real problem for schools, although it existed before NCLB.

By: bicyclemark

bicyclemark — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:29:39 +0000

isnt it possible to reverse this? i mean, it wasnt always about stats in the history of the american school system? what would it take to swing the pendulum the other way?

By: luiz paulo

luiz paulo — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 13:51:54 +0000

you are complaining of the situation of their police, more if you live here in Brazil is mainly in big cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo you see how police here and we will not generalize, and harder still boms more police to combat crime

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:00:41 +0000

Dude, I work in a fairly affluent school district, where numbers shouldn’t be something we sweat about, but we do, and the bigwigs move ‘em around and have ‘em say all sorts of things that aren’t really true, and we all pat ourselves on the back about the fine, fine job we do teaching kids, and yet nothing is really learned, and no real innovating methods of instruction are discovered. The numbers have destroyed creativity and daring in public education, and it’s a goddamn shame. My kids learn more in my drama classes than they do when I “teach reading.”