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Old 08-31-2004, 07:30 PM  
rickholio
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Originally posted by NickPapageorgio
"If you hold the educational system responsible for the quality of education then you are a republican."

- Why is it then when a school scores low on the annual SOL's, they are given less funding? And the schools that score higher are awarded more? Doesn't that seem twisted to anyone?
Isn't that whole 'texas miracle' thing wrapped up with performance-based remuneration? Instead of being honest about their drop-out rates (over 50% in many places) they just get creative about their status and magically slash the dropout rates to 2%.

For what it's worth, financial incentives have certainly increased thinking in schools... well, thinking about how to fake good stats so they can cash in.
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