Race to Nowhere

circlemidnight
Sat, 14 May 2011 14:32:24 +0000

I know this is a little old…but I can’t help but to interject here. Although I haven’t seen the movie, I have seen news articles relating to the philosophy (PS have too much HW), and I can only say one thing: It’s ridiculous. Come on people-can’t you see that the majority of our high schools are producing students that can’t compete with people globally? I’m in a district where the high schools has a passing of rate of about 40 percent when it comes to standardized tests. And what is the solution for this? Divide the new high school into four, smaller, high schools, and make schedules more rigid, due to the part that, “half of the freshman get at least one F in their school year!” ***??? And here’s the wacko part-I live about 45 minutes away from a school that Newsweek considers, “one of the best in the US”. Thank God I’m moving to a much better high school.