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MODU
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« on: September 05, 2004, 10:21:09 PM »


None of the above.

Schools grade K-8 should be general education, providing all the basics: Math, English, Art, History, PE.

Grades 9-10 are development years, transitioning them from learning to thinking.  Applying the skills learned in the prior years into problem solving and character development.

Grades 11-12 are college prep years.  Advanced skills, independent thought work, student involvement (ie - student teaching, etc).

That way, if the kids leave high school and not go into college, they'll be further off in life.  Additionally, schools will no longer be funded solely by federal funding.  Each school will be co-sponsored by corporations working within the state they exist.  Corporate annual allotments will be tax exempt donations, so both companies and kids will benefit from this goodwill.  This will allow to qualified instructors to be hired without taking away operational funding from the schools themselves.  In addition, Bush's NCLB educational requirements will be enacted (though refined) to ensure that kids are meeting the required educational requirements before moving on to the next grade.  Kida failing to meet those requirements will receive afterschool tutoring.  (more details after I'm elected supreme ruler of the world.)  Wink
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MODU
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« Reply #1 on: September 05, 2004, 11:29:23 PM »

I also feel that tuition at any public university to which one can meet the entrance standards should be free for a period of 4 years.

If that is the case, then Affirmative Action needs to be abollished as an entrace requirement.  But beyond that, it would be too expensive of a program to maintain.  Now there could be performance credit for kids who graduate with a 3.5+ GPA to have their first year free at a public school, but any federal scholarship outside of that wouldn't be feasable.
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MODU
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« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2004, 09:14:23 AM »


Ummm . . . no.  I pay enough taxes as it is.
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