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LA Unified School District High School graduation rate went from 60% last year to 65% this year. What did they do differently? Stopped giving the final exam to graduate.No coincidence education was a hundred times better before Carter created it.
8th grade test from 1895:
EXAMINATION GRADUATION QUESTIONS
OF SALINE COUNTY, KANSAS
April 13, 1895
J.W. Armstrong, County Superintendent.
Examinations at Salina, New Cambria, Gypsum City, Assaria, Falun, Bavaria, and District No. 74 (in Glendale Twp.)
Reading and Penmanship. - The Examination will be oral, and the Penmanship of Applicants will be graded from the manuscripts
Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of Capital Letters.
2. Name the Parts of Speech and define those that have no modifications.
3. Define Verse, Stanza and Paragraph.
4. What are the Principal Parts of a verb? Give Principal Parts of do, lie, lay and run.
5. Define Case, Illustrate each Case.
6. What is Punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of Punctuation.
7-10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.
Arithmetic (Time, 1.25 hours)
1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3942 lbs., what is it worth at 50 cts. per bu, deducting 1050 lbs. for tare?
4. District No. 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find cost of 6720 lbs. coal at $6.00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft. long at $.20 per inch?
8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance around which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt.
U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided.
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus.
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States.
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas.
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, and 1865?
Orthography (Time, one hour)
1. What is meant by the following: Alphabet, phonetic orthography, etymology, syllabication?
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: Trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals?
4. Give four substitutes for caret 'u'.
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final 'e'. Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: Bi, dis, mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, super.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: Card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
9. Use the following correctly in sentences, Cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks and by syllabication.
Geography (Time, one hour)
1. What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of N.A.
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco.
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S.
7. Name all the republics of Europe and give capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give inclination of the earth.
Health (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Where are the saliva, gastric juice, and bile secreted? What is the use of each in digestion?
2. How does nutrition reach the circulation?
3. What is the function of the liver? Of the kidneys?
4. How would you stop the flow of blood from an artery in the case of laceration?
5. Give some general directions that you think would be beneficial to preserve the human body in a state of health.
Ooh! I love these!
Many of those questions are vague and improperly structured. They also are now anachronistic, as in when was the last time you measured something in rods or calculated bushels as a volume? How about writing a promissory note? That is why they appear difficult.
There is no algebra, no significant geometry, and no trigonometry, all of which are assessed of today's students.
If today's standards included the information sought by those questions, I am sure many students would be able to master them.
AND STILL 35% DID NOT PASS.
What are you gonna do if you raise the bar and suddenly 25% can't get a degree and drop out?I am an educator first and I know the details that you do not.
if you are any good at educating, why are there so damn many dumbass kids entering college who can not spell, and if they do spell a word correctly it is wrongly used, evidence can be found right here on USMB, e.g., there - their, and my favorite.., "were are you at" !!
Well, typos can happen to anybody. But I'm a landlord and advertise my apartments on Craigslist. Some of the e-mails I get are frightening.
I get responses that one would think were written by an 8 year old. At times, I can't even figure out WTF they are asking me.
The housing bubble hit landlords particularly hard. Because of home sales, we got the bottom of the barrel when it came to potential tenants. You had to just about take anybody that could pay the rent.
So I was forced to interview some of these people with no ability to communicate. What I found is that most of them were high school graduates. A few of them even attended college for a short time; probably failed and dropped out.
But the question I had was, how did any of these people get a high school diploma writing the way they did, and how do these people find jobs filling out applications in the same way?
All a high school diploma means is you aren't retarded.
Fyi. I have a masters from university of phoenix. The retarded front desk girl was in love with me so she joined my program. She did all the work and although she's a fucking moron she now has a Masters from university of phoenix.
I don't know if I'm talking about raising the bar. I mean, just have the minimal ability to communicate is all I'm saying.
These teachers and schools pass those kids so they don't look bad by failing the ones that shouldn't get a diploma. That's fine, but the idea of school is to prepare kids for the adult life which means securing a job, being able to write a letter, or at the very least, be able to write a check.
If we can't do that, then of course we are failing in our educational efforts.
Who writes letters or checks anymore?
What are you gonna do if you raise the bar and suddenly 25% can't get a degree and drop out?if you are any good at educating, why are there so damn many dumbass kids entering college who can not spell, and if they do spell a word correctly it is wrongly used, evidence can be found right here on USMB, e.g., there - their, and my favorite.., "were are you at" !!
Well, typos can happen to anybody. But I'm a landlord and advertise my apartments on Craigslist. Some of the e-mails I get are frightening.
I get responses that one would think were written by an 8 year old. At times, I can't even figure out WTF they are asking me.
The housing bubble hit landlords particularly hard. Because of home sales, we got the bottom of the barrel when it came to potential tenants. You had to just about take anybody that could pay the rent.
So I was forced to interview some of these people with no ability to communicate. What I found is that most of them were high school graduates. A few of them even attended college for a short time; probably failed and dropped out.
But the question I had was, how did any of these people get a high school diploma writing the way they did, and how do these people find jobs filling out applications in the same way?
All a high school diploma means is you aren't retarded.
Fyi. I have a masters from university of phoenix. The retarded front desk girl was in love with me so she joined my program. She did all the work and although she's a fucking moron she now has a Masters from university of phoenix.
I don't know if I'm talking about raising the bar. I mean, just have the minimal ability to communicate is all I'm saying.
These teachers and schools pass those kids so they don't look bad by failing the ones that shouldn't get a diploma. That's fine, but the idea of school is to prepare kids for the adult life which means securing a job, being able to write a letter, or at the very least, be able to write a check.
If we can't do that, then of course we are failing in our educational efforts.
Who writes letters or checks anymore?
I DO, ALL THE TIME!!!
What are you gonna do if you raise the bar and suddenly 25% can't get a degree and drop out?if you are any good at educating, why are there so damn many dumbass kids entering college who can not spell, and if they do spell a word correctly it is wrongly used, evidence can be found right here on USMB, e.g., there - their, and my favorite.., "were are you at" !!
Well, typos can happen to anybody. But I'm a landlord and advertise my apartments on Craigslist. Some of the e-mails I get are frightening.
I get responses that one would think were written by an 8 year old. At times, I can't even figure out WTF they are asking me.
The housing bubble hit landlords particularly hard. Because of home sales, we got the bottom of the barrel when it came to potential tenants. You had to just about take anybody that could pay the rent.
So I was forced to interview some of these people with no ability to communicate. What I found is that most of them were high school graduates. A few of them even attended college for a short time; probably failed and dropped out.
But the question I had was, how did any of these people get a high school diploma writing the way they did, and how do these people find jobs filling out applications in the same way?
All a high school diploma means is you aren't retarded.
Fyi. I have a masters from university of phoenix. The retarded front desk girl was in love with me so she joined my program. She did all the work and although she's a fucking moron she now has a Masters from university of phoenix.
I don't know if I'm talking about raising the bar. I mean, just have the minimal ability to communicate is all I'm saying.
These teachers and schools pass those kids so they don't look bad by failing the ones that shouldn't get a diploma. That's fine, but the idea of school is to prepare kids for the adult life which means securing a job, being able to write a letter, or at the very least, be able to write a check.
If we can't do that, then of course we are failing in our educational efforts.
Who writes letters or checks anymore?
It's still something you should know how to do though. I never write checks or letters but recently I did have to actually write a letter. So yes, there are times when you have to do those things and should know how.
I was being sarcastic! Sorry if that did not come through!
I have a lot of teachers in my community and they are forced to present their material in this manner.
They complain that the students are expected to master concepts at an age the teachers consider inappropriate.
I guess NYS operates in this manner.
They are following a mandated curriculum that is aligned with Common Core standards, but Common Core does NOT tell you how to teach it!
Many textbook publishing companies sell curricula that school districts mandate, but that is NOT Common Core. It may have Common Core written all over it, like the ridiculous worksheets you see posted on social media, but it is not the standards.
I have taught Common Core for 4 years. I do not have a written curriculum for my class, as I do not need one. The two other teachers in my subject area do not either. We do not teach the same methods in a few cases, but we follow the exact same set of standards and all of our students take the exact same tests at the end of each grading period so we can compare results. In 4 years there has been no appreciable difference in the results.
A question none of the teachers I know ever answer...
Is the purpose of Common Core to provide the same education nationwide by grade level?
Yes. One of the biggest supporters of Common Core were military families who often moved across country. If a Navy family had a child in Algebra in Florida and they were transferred to California, they wanted the information covered to be the same in both states. If Florida is covering a topic in Algebra, the same topic will be covered in California.
Can each State define it's own threshold per grade in order to "boost" academic achievement?
For example, can one State define a passing grade in a grade's subject as 50% while another State defines the same subject in that grade as 65%?
Yes, they most certainly can and do. In my state, it is left up to the school district to set the grading scale.
What are you gonna do if you raise the bar and suddenly 25% can't get a degree and drop out?Well, typos can happen to anybody. But I'm a landlord and advertise my apartments on Craigslist. Some of the e-mails I get are frightening.
I get responses that one would think were written by an 8 year old. At times, I can't even figure out WTF they are asking me.
The housing bubble hit landlords particularly hard. Because of home sales, we got the bottom of the barrel when it came to potential tenants. You had to just about take anybody that could pay the rent.
So I was forced to interview some of these people with no ability to communicate. What I found is that most of them were high school graduates. A few of them even attended college for a short time; probably failed and dropped out.
But the question I had was, how did any of these people get a high school diploma writing the way they did, and how do these people find jobs filling out applications in the same way?
All a high school diploma means is you aren't retarded.
Fyi. I have a masters from university of phoenix. The retarded front desk girl was in love with me so she joined my program. She did all the work and although she's a fucking moron she now has a Masters from university of phoenix.
I don't know if I'm talking about raising the bar. I mean, just have the minimal ability to communicate is all I'm saying.
These teachers and schools pass those kids so they don't look bad by failing the ones that shouldn't get a diploma. That's fine, but the idea of school is to prepare kids for the adult life which means securing a job, being able to write a letter, or at the very least, be able to write a check.
If we can't do that, then of course we are failing in our educational efforts.
Who writes letters or checks anymore?
I DO, ALL THE TIME!!!
So when are you going to join the 21st century?
I'm also amazed at people with their ATM cards. They swipe that card for a $1.90 purchase and throw away the receipt. I'm somewhat confident that they don't even balance their checking account yet alone even look at the bank statement.
Common Core is having 1st graders EXPLAIN why 2 + 2 = 4 before they learn 2 + 3 = 5.
There are certain facts one must accumulate at a young age before learning the philosophy of why nations go to war.
It is pointless for a 5th grader to understand and be able to elaborate upon the irony of every page of The Great Gatsby.
You have no understanding about Common Core. Please quote the standard you are trying to convey in your example. I'll bet you cannot find it.
Common Core is a set of standards, such as 1st grade students will be able to add single digit numbers. That's it! The "how to do it" is the curriculum, which is NOT Common Core.
I teach Algebra using the Common Core standards. The "how to do it" is my choice entirely.
I have a lot of teachers in my community and they are forced to present their material in this manner.
They complain that the students are expected to master concepts at an age the teachers consider inappropriate.
I guess NYS operates in this manner.
They are following a mandated curriculum that is aligned with Common Core standards, but Common Core does NOT tell you how to teach it!
Many textbook publishing companies sell curricula that school districts mandate, but that is NOT Common Core. It may have Common Core written all over it, like the ridiculous worksheets you see posted on social media, but it is not the standards.
I have taught Common Core for 4 years. I do not have a written curriculum for my class, as I do not need one. The two other teachers in my subject area do not either. We do not teach the same methods in a few cases, but we follow the exact same set of standards and all of our students take the exact same tests at the end of each grading period so we can compare results. In 4 years there has been no appreciable difference in the results.
A question none of the teachers I know ever answer...
Is the purpose of Common Core to provide the same education nationwide by grade level?
Yes. One of the biggest supporters of Common Core were military families who often moved across country. If a Navy family had a child in Algebra in Florida and they were transferred to California, they wanted the information covered to be the same in both states. If Florida is covering a topic in Algebra, the same topic will be covered in California.
What are you gonna do if you raise the bar and suddenly 25% can't get a degree and drop out?if you are any good at educating, why are there so damn many dumbass kids entering college who can not spell, and if they do spell a word correctly it is wrongly used, evidence can be found right here on USMB, e.g., there - their, and my favorite.., "were are you at" !!
Well, typos can happen to anybody. But I'm a landlord and advertise my apartments on Craigslist. Some of the e-mails I get are frightening.
I get responses that one would think were written by an 8 year old. At times, I can't even figure out WTF they are asking me.
The housing bubble hit landlords particularly hard. Because of home sales, we got the bottom of the barrel when it came to potential tenants. You had to just about take anybody that could pay the rent.
So I was forced to interview some of these people with no ability to communicate. What I found is that most of them were high school graduates. A few of them even attended college for a short time; probably failed and dropped out.
But the question I had was, how did any of these people get a high school diploma writing the way they did, and how do these people find jobs filling out applications in the same way?
All a high school diploma means is you aren't retarded.
Fyi. I have a masters from university of phoenix. The retarded front desk girl was in love with me so she joined my program. She did all the work and although she's a fucking moron she now has a Masters from university of phoenix.
I don't know if I'm talking about raising the bar. I mean, just have the minimal ability to communicate is all I'm saying.
These teachers and schools pass those kids so they don't look bad by failing the ones that shouldn't get a diploma. That's fine, but the idea of school is to prepare kids for the adult life which means securing a job, being able to write a letter, or at the very least, be able to write a check.
If we can't do that, then of course we are failing in our educational efforts.
Who writes letters or checks anymore?
It's still something you should know how to do though. I never write checks or letters but recently I did have to actually write a letter. So yes, there are times when you have to do those things and should know how.
What are you gonna do if you raise the bar and suddenly 25% can't get a degree and drop out?Well, typos can happen to anybody. But I'm a landlord and advertise my apartments on Craigslist. Some of the e-mails I get are frightening.
I get responses that one would think were written by an 8 year old. At times, I can't even figure out WTF they are asking me.
The housing bubble hit landlords particularly hard. Because of home sales, we got the bottom of the barrel when it came to potential tenants. You had to just about take anybody that could pay the rent.
So I was forced to interview some of these people with no ability to communicate. What I found is that most of them were high school graduates. A few of them even attended college for a short time; probably failed and dropped out.
But the question I had was, how did any of these people get a high school diploma writing the way they did, and how do these people find jobs filling out applications in the same way?
All a high school diploma means is you aren't retarded.
Fyi. I have a masters from university of phoenix. The retarded front desk girl was in love with me so she joined my program. She did all the work and although she's a fucking moron she now has a Masters from university of phoenix.
I don't know if I'm talking about raising the bar. I mean, just have the minimal ability to communicate is all I'm saying.
These teachers and schools pass those kids so they don't look bad by failing the ones that shouldn't get a diploma. That's fine, but the idea of school is to prepare kids for the adult life which means securing a job, being able to write a letter, or at the very least, be able to write a check.
If we can't do that, then of course we are failing in our educational efforts.
Who writes letters or checks anymore?
It's still something you should know how to do though. I never write checks or letters but recently I did have to actually write a letter. So yes, there are times when you have to do those things and should know how.
Which letter? There are 26 of them.
I'm also amazed at people with their ATM cards. They swipe that card for a $1.90 purchase and throw away the receipt. I'm somewhat confident that they don't even balance their checking account yet alone even look at the bank statement.
That's a pretty big assumption. I'm one of those people who use my debit card for nearly everything. I review my account on a frequent basis. Of course, I'm also keeping an approximate running tally in my head at all times anyway. I doubt most people join my in the latter. Point is, the methods a person uses does not necessarily imply greater or lesser tracking of one's money.
I'm also amazed at people with their ATM cards. They swipe that card for a $1.90 purchase and throw away the receipt. I'm somewhat confident that they don't even balance their checking account yet alone even look at the bank statement.
That's a pretty big assumption. I'm one of those people who use my debit card for nearly everything. I review my account on a frequent basis. Of course, I'm also keeping an approximate running tally in my head at all times anyway. I doubt most people join my in the latter. Point is, the methods a person uses does not necessarily imply greater or lesser tracking of one's money.
Well, you have to understand that ATM transactions are costly. The more people use them for meaningless expenses, the more expense it is to the lending institution or vendor and the more money it costs all of us.
Me? I go to my ATM and withdraw $350.00 cash to pay for my bills. Sure, if it's something expensive like over $100.00, I may use my card. But most of my purchases are cash transactions. It's faster, more convenient, and I don't have to do all the tracking of my money in my checking account.
Well, you have to understand that ATM transactions are costly. The more people use them for meaningless expenses, the more expense it is to the lending institution or vendor and the more money it costs all of us.
EXCELLENT IDEA...send it BACK TO THE STATES AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE!!!!
Conservative Tribune ^ | 12/28/2015
Speaking with Fox News host Chris Wallace this weekend, 2016 GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump made a remarkable statement about what he planned for the Department of Education, if and when he becomes president. "I may cut Department of Education," Trump said. "I believe Common Core is a very bad thing. I believe that we should be -- you know, educating our children from Iowa, from New Hampshire, from South Carolina, from California, from New York. I think that it should be local education." Many Americans agree, especially as the Department of Education has grown into a massive bureaucracy more...
Well, you have to understand that ATM transactions are costly. The more people use them for meaningless expenses, the more expense it is to the lending institution or vendor and the more money it costs all of us.
Eh, it's not costing me anything. I make purchases based on the same prices everyone's paying. Those prices are set based on what people are willing to spend. Besides, even if I entertained a passing-the-cost-along argument, it's miniscule in the grand scheme of things. I'm happy to chalk it up as a cheap insurance policy. It's just plain safer to use plastic and monitor my account. If I ever lose my wallet, or get pick-pocketed, I'm protected. If that happens with cash, I'm SOL.
I use Citizens Bank, and I like them. I used to have Bank of America, and Citizens is MUCH better. Much better.
I'm also amazed at people with their ATM cards. They swipe that card for a $1.90 purchase and throw away the receipt. I'm somewhat confident that they don't even balance their checking account yet alone even look at the bank statement.
That's a pretty big assumption. I'm one of those people who use my debit card for nearly everything. I review my account on a frequent basis. Of course, I'm also keeping an approximate running tally in my head at all times anyway. I doubt most people join my in the latter. Point is, the methods a person uses does not necessarily imply greater or lesser tracking of one's money.
Well, you have to understand that ATM transactions are costly. The more people use them for meaningless expenses, the more expense it is to the lending institution or vendor and the more money it costs all of us.
Me? I go to my ATM and withdraw $350.00 cash to pay for my bills. Sure, if it's something expensive like over $100.00, I may use my card. But most of my purchases are cash transactions. It's faster, more convenient, and I don't have to do all the tracking of my money in my checking account.
I always use my card. It's just so convenient instead of having to go to the bank every other day or writing out checks. I pretty much do everything with my card (s).
It's unprecedented; Donald Trump finally said something that I agree with, I suppose that means the world will be ending at midnight tomorrow.Speaking with Fox News host Chris Wallace this weekend, 2016 GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump made a remarkable statement about what he planned for the Department of Education, if and when he becomes president. "I may cut Department of Education,"
