Comments on UO Matters: Meanwhile, outside our ivory tower,

I was truly appalled by this story. It was never ...

2012-01-31T10:23:02.088-08:00

I was truly appalled by this story. It was never clear to me exactly where all the budget cuts were showing up, nor how completely we were failing our students. I also wondered why the high school grads showing up in my classes were increasingly unprepared for university-level work. Now we know. And amazingly, until we got a new superintendent who started asking questions, no one at 4J knew this either. As a citizen I am mortified, and as a parent, I just started to raise the concept of "prep school".

The greater point in that article was the fact tha...

2012-01-31T02:57:10.580-08:00

The greater point in that article was the fact that school districts are underfunded and recent cuts and closures leave the remaining schools understaffed and underfunded. Students wanting to take AP classes or even classes to have basic credits to enter college is difficult, beyond not providing required classes, they leave students ill prepared for the rigors of college level workloads.
Not long ago, 4J school district had 2 levels of graduation- a bare minimum, and having enough credits to get into most colleges. I was stunned. Back in the day graduating from H.S. meant having enough credits to go on to college. Now the bar has been lowered to obtain a "good enough" diploma. they also offered classes that don't qualify towards college admission credits, but don't list them as such.

thanks for posting this

2012-01-27T13:34:51.387-08:00

thanks for posting this