Helping Some Students May Harm High Achievers 1114
palegray.net writes "According to a new study performed by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute in Washington, increased emphasis on helping students with a history of lower academic achievement results in lower performance for high achievers. This trend appears to be related to the No Child Left Behind Act. Essentially, programs designed to devote a large number of resources to assisting students who are deemed to be 'significantly behind' leave little room for encouraging continued academic growth for higher-performing students."
Tonight at 11 (Score:2, Funny)
Re:No Child Left Behind (Score:5, Funny)
The solution is repressing everyone who is smart so that they either become frustrated and stop trying or revolt in an anti-social manner at an age too young and are deemed a criminal for life, and to help everyone too stupid to be useful become useful.
All blatantly obvious of course
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Re:Stupid and lazy. (Score:5, Funny)
The athletic department?
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What a surprise! (Score:1, Funny)
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Re:Death Coil (Score:5, Funny)
No maaaaan, you apply it directly to the forehead...
Re:Also in the news (Score:1, Funny)
The cake is a lie.
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Layne
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She is, however, allergic to pineapple...
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Please excuse me while I "respond back" to some email.
Re:Death Coil (Score:5, Funny)
So what do you do with high achieving students who have behavioral issues?
Re:American Idle (Score:5, Funny)
That's just wonderful. Please tell me it was intentional.
Re:No Child Left Behind (Score:4, Funny)
I would measure intelligence as an ability to manipulate and modify ones environment to suit one's needs. Not being able to avoid getting your ass beat doesn't sound very smart to me.
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Garlic: apply it directly to the forehead!
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My first thought was that it must suck not going to school with anyone his age. I wondered if he had any friends besides his sister? Then I realized, when he graduates early, and gets showered in job offers and signing bonuses, he'll be coming back to pick up teenage ass in the ferrari he bought with his own money. He'll be just fine.
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