Schools Matter: FCAT Child Abuse

Schools Matter: FCAT Child Abuse

FCAT Child Abuse

by Jim Horn

From an entirely self-serving perspective, we have to wonder if this generation of the abused will be become the next generation of abusers and anti-empathy zealots. After all, when I was a kid . . .

From the Miami Herald (ht to Monty Neill):

The FCAT test defines, among other things, whether students pass from third to fourth grade and ultimately whether they graduate from high school with either a standard or special diploma, or Chartering Possibilities - First in a Series by Kenneth Libby This is the first blog posting in a three part series. Parts two and three will run Wednesday and Thursday. I'm going to put one debate on hold during this series in order to bring up an entirely different debate. Here's what I'm going to put on the side: Charter schools: good or bad? Never mind that this either/or debate doesn't leave room for much gray area. Only the dimmest charter school advocates believe charters are the ultimate solution (they currently serve fewer than 5% of