Re: Bill laments graduation project

stoops — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:59:46 -0400

Kudos to Love, Bryant, and others who acknowledge the serious problems that will come with a large-scale implementation of this silly idea.

The fact that the NCAE likes the idea indicates how out of touch they are with actual teachers. Teachers already feel overburdened by the machinations of DPI, US ED, and LEA bureaucrats, and the graduation project would make matters worse.

Bill laments graduation project

ryanteaguebeckwith — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:47:53 -0400

The House Education Committee approved a watered-down version of a bill that puts on paper legislators' displeasure with the graduation project that public school students must complete to earn diplomas.

House Bill 223 basically rubber-stamps an action the State Board of Education took last month by delaying the requirement for one year, Lynn Bonner reports.

Under the bill and the state board's April vote, the requirement is delayed until 2011, though local school boards can still require a project as a graduation requirement for 2010.

The bill would also require the legislative program evaluation division study the project's cost and effectiveness.

Rep. Jimmy Love Sr., a Sanford Democrat, opposed the requirement first as an unfunded mandate. He later started to worry later the requirement would increase the drop out rate.

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