Years after staunch Democrat leadership and total district spending of $23,000 per pupil, the 4-year graduation rate for students in Minneapolis is 50.1% and for black students is a dismal 36.8% according to the Minnesota Dept of Education. But instead of strengthening accountability to fix this persistent problem, Democrats bowed to pressure from the teacher’s union (note: the teachers’ union gave $1.8 million to Democrats in the last election) and rolled back much of the measurement system that identified the achievement gap in the first place: •We no longer require students to demonstrate proficiency on state reading, math, and writing tests in order to graduate from high school. Turns out too many students were failing and it was making the teachers and schools look bad so the DFL answer was to eliminate the testing. •Teacher evaluations will no longer be based on student test scores. Governor Dayton thinks it’s not fair to hold teachers accountable for the performance of the children in their classrooms.
Posted on: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 00:03:09 +0000
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