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> Enrique Diaz-Alvarez wrote:
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> > Doug Henwood wrote:
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> > Might it have something to do with the perception that education is
> > "easy"? I mean, most of these students are pretty much guaranteed a B+
> > just for showing up and going through the motions, whether they learn
> > anything or not. Fear of flunking is a surprisingly good substitute for
> > (and often a precursor to) love of learning, I think.
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> Well Clinton or was it Gray Davis (gov of california) just made a big speech
> about no more passing kids on "social promotion" rather than grades. Watch this
> one to see if there are better results.
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> Marta
Clinton (or Wm. Riley) just said something about it yesterday after the announcement of the national reading scores. Here in Texas, Gov. Shrub made it a campaign promise that was just passed in the Leg.
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Joseph Noonan jfn1 at msc.com