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Alas--or, might we say, "Jamnation!"--the Resume Contest offers about as much wish-fulfillment as the Kendo Club offers lewd entertainment. The poster directs interested students to a Web site, where the whole thing turns out to be a disappointingly harmless psychological test. Yet there remains something eerie about it, perhaps even more so after it becomes clear that the whole thing comes no closer to fulfilling our fantasies than the promises of free hot phone sex. Psychological researchers presumably designed this poster in order to capture our attention, and the method they devised...
...work? Cohen, who recently looked at the voucher program that's been in place for three years in Cleveland, says it's a very mixed schoolbag: "There's not a lot of evidence yet to show that it has a positive effect on schools," he says. In Cleveland, the test scores of students who used the vouchers show a slight improvement in some subjects and a decline in others. Classes are smaller than in public schools, which is considered good, but teachers are generally less qualified. But the biggest fear is that vouchers could balkanize cities and states. "Public schools...
...federal scrutiny. "State courts have upheld the idea of using vouchers in parochial schools," notes TIME's Adam Cohen, "but when it gets to the Supreme Court it may be a whole other ball of wax." Under the Florida plan, schools would get grades based on composite standardized test scores, and the state would give vouchers worth up to $4,000 to enable students at the F schools to go elsewhere. The arguments are fairly clearly drawn: Those in favor, who tend to be Republicans, say the system would introduce competition that will force inefficient schools to improve or close...
...released report shocked the nation. The National Commission on Excellence in Education found that "the educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and a people." Based on test scores, teaching methods and the self-preserving bureaucracy engulfing students, the commission's conclusions became a rallying cry for putting America's future first...
Proponents of school choice are by no means anti-teacher. Rather, they oppose the idea that their hard-earned money is producing stagnant student test scores-scores which place American students far below the rest of the world in basic educational skills. Teachers are crucial to the improvement of American schools, and they need to be consulted in the implementation of curriculum which will return America to the top. But first, they need to accept change. The NEA must stop its politicking and decide to put America's future first...