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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:17 PM Original message |
This is shocking- and terrible: Nearly half of Detroiters can't read |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. damn teachers, grabbing the big bucks and not performing |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm not surprised. When I was in 1st, 2nd, 3rd grades back in |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Part of the problem is simply that English has a relatively poor correspondence between |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 03:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. One thing we learned while waiting for the slow |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. Not much use without details on the study. Hmmmm.... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. that's the article. what's the "hmmmmm" about? |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Reputable studies report more than "studies show" minus details. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 03:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. Can't help but notice no definition of "functionally illiterate" |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. Literacy Kansas City, citing a United Way study, reported that 1 out of 5 Kansas Citians... |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. I live on the Gulf Coast |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Exactly. It's not just in Detroit. n/t |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. Hey, there's still fat kids in school ... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. huh? what does your comment have to do with the op? |
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dimbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. Abraham Lincoln learned how to read writing in coal on the back of a shovel. |
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Sonoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. That's the huge problematic element of NCLB. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. I don't buy it, I live in Detroit |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. This is a little hard to believe. |
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