Every Child Left Behind

[Deja Q]

http://www.citypages.com/databank/25/1214/article11955.asp


By almost any measure, Edina boasts one of the finest public school systems in the country. Even average eighth-grade students in the district post test scores that rank among the top 20 percent in the nation. Ninety-one percent of the graduates go on to college. The district is run by Dr. Ken Dragseth, who was named National Superintendent of the Year in 2003 by the American Association of School Administrators.

No wonder a community survey revealed that schools are the number one reason people choose to live in Edina.

So it was quite a surprise last year when Dragseth received a call from Minnesota Commissioner of Education Cheri Pierson Yecke, informing him that Edina had been put on the state list of schools that had failed to make "adequate yearly progress" under the terms of the federal No Child Left Behind law.



Just another reason why these repigs need to be locked up and kept away.

[dflprincess]

1. Edina?!?!?!

We used to go the Kennedy/Edina hockey game every year just to yell "cake eaters" at them.

I wonder if this will turn them to the Democrats (I hear the DFL caucuses over there had a very good turn out)?

[hellhathnofury]

2. While your at it take the pink tutu Dems too.

I believe it passed the Senate like 91-8.

[Chuletas]

3. was it because of the "subgroups"

or was it aggregate scores or participation? Why didn't the district make AYP? Just curious. One good thing about AYP is that it is starting to look at the academic achievement of different ethnicities, income levels as well as the LEP and SPED populations. Not perfect but Great Society programs haven't been either.

It does need some tweaking though.

[Chuletas]

4. oops

Sorry, didn't see the link up top.