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Florida lowers bar for its students after only 27 percent of fourth graders pass state writing exam
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Welcome back to the five well a bunch of kids -- the major writing test in Florida.
But instead of raising the bar one Florida school district decided.
Yes to lower the bar.
Now with the question is being asked who's to blame for the teachers to blame are the students to blame for failing its semi easy writing test.
Or is it the school district immigrant I wish when I was in school.
And I wouldn't actually I was good at writing but let's -- -- was my math classes which has heartland could you imagine most of the students failing this test and then the superintendent having an emergency meeting saying.
Okay wait a minute we're actually gonna try and lower the bar a little more to make these students look better.
I would -- I wish they would do this everywhere.
Can I revise my height 26 foot one -- I mean c'mon.
Here's the thing this is the fault of two phenomenons.
Phenomenons colliding -- the self esteem movement.
Which.
Tells you you can't fail and -- teachers unions that reward failure you put those two together you have an education that can't teach a dog.
To bark that's a very interesting point -- If they're gonna lower the bar which means -- and it could -- on a curve and -- -- -- -- but.
Aren't there -- there's a lot of funding that goes to school systems and stamps school who have high test scores maybe it's is all just the wave of beefing up their numbers for for for money.
-- -- it Dana went askew and Fred Graham in the Miami Herald he actually blames the Florida education system because they keep changing standards they keep god forbid.
Raising the bar.
And the superintendent of the Miami Dade school said that he actually knew that the students -- going to fail he just didn't know how severe it was going to be.
The president and -- -- is to call.
The lowering of the standards for her kids and the soft bigotry of low expectations.
And what that what -- things here was it was.
Right out of a story or an essay about a camel yes and -- -- teacher said.
It was a very park prompt because when do we see camels and Central Florida the fourth graders and I don't know what -- have a let me teaching him about smoking I don't offensive is you know.
It's easy to laugh about that but I think using protect Campbell is exactly -- that they set -- -- that you would have seeing double the -- -- here we how many people -- -- in Central Florida.
You know I only wanna grow with -- better ones you're fine almighty they're being tolerant and they're trying other culture they have seen you know you're colleges you're -- -- -- the standardized tests being.
Racially I would not not not at all I just I'm just saying that if you want him to -- of the transportation and most Islamic that's fine.
But that is not in Central Florida.
A completely -- I put another teacher from it is my favorite line of the story.
Teachers say the questions I mean reason -- only 27% of those students past and she's courted saint.
I couldn't even write about the camel prompt and I've been writing for forty years.
Fourth grade -- level as if she's a teacher for forty years and -- could write about a camel yet.
How about this and -- a student gets on a camel rides around doesn't spend time doing it's homework eventually gets up to camel.
His teachers don't schooled -- many as a hard time finding jobs -- joins Occupy Wall Street and.
On that yes no it doesn't help noticing.
Of you know everyone gets a trophies don't -- school are now lower the bar means not doing our kids -- -- clearly shaking you know the Florida fourth graders are the seventh of the seventh state in the union and the highest in reading on doing writing and reading and -- -- course.
And -- -- there's your eleventh and writing for grade eight.
-- -- you know the bottom -- states.
615.
Of them are run by Republicans.
Yeah are run by Democrats one of the reasons that the Florida education system is doing so much better is because Jeb Bush as governor absolutely change that system.
And then when you that he thought the teachers' unions tooth and nail but the thing as a he'd try to do.
Was to give parents more power to say that if your school is failing you and your students -- you -- you should be able to do something about it hold them account.
Obviously if he did I agreed that he did a lot on public education that let's say the goal is coming in here at this level when it's nationally there -- very high level.
That somehow -- wrong with the tests -- who's number one.
Who's number one -- for those I think there should choose now New Jersey new -- that we give Chris Chris.
No doubt about it that I missed -- -- -- -- How products that public -- I think did you I thought.
I would give Chris Christie.
Greg doesn't that doesn't that make the school look bad -- I mean they they had these high scoring student and then I have to have this emergency meeting and need lower the standards instead of Britain but I mean it just shows the more you spend on education.
The dumber -- all that up -- time I did ask her that all right our records.
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Because we're gonna talk about it next coming up.
You whiners drive you crazy -- -- has some advice for all those not on Debbie -- out there you know.
Do you -- the drive drive.
Drive a little.
Whenever they're on board -- and -- have to own your own your home.
