FWIW - there are many reasons for which I moved from public education into the non-denominational, private, non-profit education sector. The silliness of the concept of standardized testing (vs learning standards) as an attempt by the business sector to so simply quantify the quality of one's educational aptitude and levels of competency is but one of them. MOO - but the more recent growth-spurt of the
business of education is a phenomenon which mostly results in a furthering of the growth of
monkey business as opposed to any sort of real educational improvements.
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Ahh, well. With all those people who don't understand math, maybe I should follow the Bernie Madoff path.
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Madoff simply realized that pyramid schemes have been around since the multi-theistic Sumerians.
On the other hand, there remain glimmers of hope that people
will fight bureaucratic bumbling when pushed to do so and do what is necessary for issues which matter to them.
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California Town Votes to Recall Entire School District Board
More than 70 percent voted to oust the five board members of the Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District.
The dismissal in September of a beloved math teacher at Tioga High School prompted students to gather 1,200 signatures to put the recall before the voters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/ed...&ref=education
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