https://www.okwassup.com/atlanta-returns-to-schoo/ News, Entertainment, Lifestyle and more! Wed, 27 May 2015 07:56:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.okwassup.com/atlanta-returns-to-schoo/#comment-1568 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:27:15 +0000 http://okwassup.com/2011/08/08/atlanta-returns-to-schoo/#comment-1568 <span>Yes. All eyes are on Atlanta right now because quite frankly they've been cheating for YEARS, got real arrogant AND sloppy AND then got caught. Now all h*ll has broke loose. But just as I suspected…and expressed here on this site…THIS scandal is widespread throughout the United States.   HuffPost Report: "Schools Caught Cheating In Atlanta and Around The Country"   On a national level, the cheating story cuts to the heart of a major education policy debate over accountability. The Atlanta report's conclusion that cheating resulted from a culture of fear, one spurred by rising test-score targets, fuels the argument that policies determined by test scores provide perverse incentives that are not in the best interests of students. […]   Story & video:   <span&gt <a href="http://;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/08/atlanta-schools-cheating-scandal-ripples-across-country_n_919509.html</span&gt;” target=”_blank”>;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/08/atlanta-schools-cheating-scandal-ripples-across-country_n_919509.html</span&gt;   So which "POLICY" might be most responsible for this FAILING?   Well since the Repubs have decided to draw blood when it comes to destroying the Presidency of the first Black President in American history (and doing so by ANY means necessary) I have NO problem pointing out EVERY d*mn thing they've done (from Reagan to G. Dubya Bush) that has NOW resulted in this country's MAJOR decline. </span><span></span><span>I give you "NO Child Left Behind." Another one of G. Dubya's DISASTROUS policies that has come back to haunt this nation (via Our children) IN SPADES..particularly children attending inner-city school districts.   But because I'm intellectually Honest: I also give you the IRON fist of the NEA (the National Education Association) the largest Teachers Union in the United States, which brings me to a related story:      Over the weekend I had an opportunity to watch "Waiting For Superman."     "An Inconvenient Truth director Davis Guggenheim offers an eye-opening overview of America's ailing educational system."   "For a nation that proudly declared it would leave no child behind, America continues to do so at alarming rates."   Let me just say: If you really want to learn more about just how BAD America's PUBLIC educational system is_AND WHY?_this documentary is a MUST SEE. I watched the entire thing on Youtube.</span>

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