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...pursue the culinary arts as a profession. Now an engineer, he has put French debauchery aside and cooks mostly for himself and his family. For Joanne B. Chang ’91, cooking was a hobby that morphed into a profession. After graduating with a degree in applied math and economics, she began working as a consultant for Monitor Company. Now, she is the pastry chef at Flour Bakery and Cafe in Boston. “I loved consulting!” Chang insists. “I met a lot of cool people.” But after almost...
...contrast to math, where kids of all levels seem to be gaining fairly evenly, there are bigger gains in reading at the bottom and middle of the class than at the top. The better students are not improving...
...other hand, NCLB's big push to close the achievement gap between ethnic and racial groups shows mixed results. While the gap in math scores narrowed a bit between blacks and whites, the gap persisted for Hispanics and whites. The same was true with the results in reading. Another possible sign of trouble: average math scores for all students have been rising more slowly over the past two years than they did between 2000 and 2003 - before NCLB went into full effect...
...always, there are huge differences in achievement from state to state. Massachusetts is the brightest light. Not only does it have the highest average math and reading scores overall, it also has the highest percentages of students achieving at an "advanced" level and the fewest at a level below "basic". (NAEP scores fall into four categories: Advanced, Proficient, Basic, Below Basic...
...other end of the spectrum is Washington, D.C., which, despite some progress, remains the shame of the nation. A staggering 51% of its 4th grade kids and 66% of 8th graders perform below basic level in math and 61% of District 4th graders read below a basic level. Also in the reading hall of shame are Mississippi, with 49% of 4th graders reading below the basic level; Louisiana with 48% at the bottom; and California with 47% of its 4th graders reading below basic...