SHOCK: 80% Of Recent NYC High School Graduates 'Cannot Read'...

[BrulesRules]

That's why he got the reps and you didn't.

[racerx]

was the last rep in the wh proposing increased taxes or using money to go away from public schools i.e. charter schools?

no. thats the point, and the public schools output still sucked.

you are saying less money is the problem(taking it away to give to charters), thus more money is the solution. i disagree.

i personally think all the resources are available for anyone who wants to get a great education.
the school system is fine.

[balloon knot]

There's a controversial woman in education (I think her last name is Rhee) and she fired a whole shitload of people who were sucking ass and it painted a target on her.

I saw some documentary about her on youtube. It was pretty interesting.

unions don't have the political clout they once had, but they are strong when 2 of the 3 branches of executive/legislative branch are (D) held

[stripes]

There's a controversial woman in education (I think her last name is Rhee) and she fired a whole shitload of people who were sucking ass and it painted a target on her.

I saw some documentary about her on youtube. It was pretty interesting.

ya, & she was shitcanned quick

[KjCarson]

No, 80 Percent of NYC High School Graduates Are Not Illiterate

• By Adam Martin

Paula Steele

An unfortunate story on CBS New York Thursday carried this headline: "Officials: 80 Percent Of Recent NYC High School Graduates Cannot Read." It's a shocker, but it's also untrue. And to make things worse, the story that followed was riddled with typos. According to the New York Post, which reported the same story earlier on Thursday, "79.3 percent of city public-school grads who went to CUNY’s six two-year colleges arrived without having mastered the basics" of reading, writing, and math, and had to take non-credit remedial classes to catch up. That's not good, but to say 80 percent of high school graduates can't read is stretching things. Eight-year-old Harry Potter fans probably haven't mastered the skills to do college-level work either, but they can still read.

Nowhere in CBS New York's story does it support the headline's claim. Rather, like the Post, it reports that "80 percent of those who graduate from city high schools arrived at City University’s community college system without having mastered the skills to do college-level work."

We've reached out to CBS New York, and will update this post with their comments.

Ironically in a story about illiteracy, typos were not hard to find. The report has been updated to fix them, but until late Thursday night the last few paragraphs were a mess:

“They get lost sometimes in the classrom and in CUNY Start we give them a lot more one-on-one attention, small grouip work. It helps them achieve more in a short amount of time and so they’re able to get on with their credit classes,” Mason said.
Nicholas Gonzalez, a graduate of New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn, participated in the CUNY Start program. He said he would never had been able to face college credit classes without it.
“I was nervus about how hard it was going to be, how much of a chnage it was going to be from high school,” Gonzalez said. “I knew I needed to take remedial, If I started right away with credit classes it wasnt going to be so well, so it’s better off starting somewhere.”

Admittedly it's cheap to pick on typos, since every single writer makes them. But they sting extra bad(ly?) in this context.

[FlaFlaFlunkie]

(I hit you up anyway)

[Nemo]

$25,000 CASH.... to be spayed or neutered.

[balloon knot]

you are saying less money is the problem(taking it away to give to charters), thus more money is the solution. i disagree

if that';s how i coming across, then i conveyed my feeling incorrectly

get the fucking federal government out of most of our lives. there aren't many things it does remotely well

[stripes]

the schools are helpless, we spend more than anyone on those damn schools only to deal with parents who dont really give a fuk about edumacation, just get their kid out of the house for 6hrs a day. & then only interact with the school to proclaim, "not my kid, dey wouldnt do dat"...cant imagine being a teacher.

[FlaFlaFlunkie]

if that';s how i coming across, then i conveyed my feeling incorrectly

get the fucking federal government out of most of our lives. there aren't many things is does remotely well

Not the feds but the state should take over the schools that are failing. Obviously the city can't do the job.

Unless you've got a different solution.

[BrulesRules]

(I hit you up anyway)

aren't the good reps green and not red??

[balloon knot]

Unless you've got a different solution.

the states having control is what the founding father's vision was. it worked very well until the federal government took over the schools, then started the war on poverty, etc. etc. the federal government has become to large and too controlling because lobbbyists can and do control it. let lobbyists control at state level. that's fine because it would be taylored to the states needs.

how do folks in nebraska feel they contributed to a fucking canal dug in boston (big dig). the canal that was quoted for $2B that has now costed federal tax payers $23B and counting

[racerx]

the schools are helpless, we spend more than anyone on those damn schools only to deal with parents who dont really give a fuk about edumacation, just get their kid out of the house for 6hrs a day. & then only interact with the school to proclaim, "not my kid, dey wouldnt do dat"...cant imagine being a teacher.

agree 100%. parents are the main problem. then when their kid gets in trouble or a note gets sent home they arent doing well in a subject, they yell at the teacher to leave their little angel alone. rather than thanking them for caring and asking what they can to do make it better.
i have a friend who quit teaching to drive a cab, hes never been happier

[FlaFlaFlunkie]

aren't the good reps green and not red??

Wait. WHAT?

I negged you. GTFO. Really?

Let me check.

No. They're green, bro. Not me. And you're a supporter. You're pulling my leg.

[stripes]

the states having control is what the founding father's vision was. it worked very well until the federal government took over the schools, then started the war on poverty, etc. etc. the federal government has become to large and too controlling because lobbbyists can and do control it. let lobbyists control at state level. that's fine because it would be taylored to the states needs.

how do folks in nebraska feel they contributed to a fucking canal dug in boston (big dig). the canal that was quoted for $2B that has now costed federal tax payers $23B and counting

but they can get to the bahs quicka in theah cahs

[BrulesRules]

Wait. WHAT?

I negged you. GTFO. Really?

Let me check.

No. They're green, bro. Not me. And you're a supporter. You're pulling my leg.

[Rocinante]

Blame the NY teachers and their unions that are only dedicated to their brethren and not the kids.

[newcastlefan]

In other words, 20% of the population of New York is Jewish.

and you know what the other 80% be am?

[Bye You!]

I heard on bubba he is now going after people who listen to their earbuds at a high volume.

yep, i saw an article about that.

as a lifelong subway rider, it IS really fucking annoying, but just one of those things you tolerate.

[newcastlefan]

Blame the NY teachers and their unions that are only dedicated to their brethren and not the kids.

i'm not sure it's that: in many classes the kids are urban unruly but the teachers cannot discipline them without being sanctioned so they just let them go, and that's for those kids that show up.