Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

On Tue, 5 Nov 2024 10:34:02 +0100, D wrote:

But fear not! The government is always there to make a good thing worse.
 This year the government has changed the rules, so schools will be
measured on how many students quit a program and will be punished for
it.
I think that new system has great potential to ruin a lot of programs
for the students, since the schools won't accept teachers failing
students since that means lost income for the schools and punishments
from the state.

Bush's No Child Left Behind program was similar. The Superintendent of
Public Education in this state fought it like a tigress. She knew schools
with Indian kids were screwed.

The punchline is she is a member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara
Nation[ and had taught on reservations. She worked to increase the
graduation rate and had some success but knew that punishing the schools
wasn't the way to do it.