OH THE HUMANITY – OUR STUDENTS AREN ‘T CHALLENGED !
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Chicago Tribune, you are hilarious. The Tribune is now boasting on page one how they obtained last year’s state school survey that was, “so provocative that the state withheld a full analysis of it from the public”.
Here is an excerpt from the Tribune article. “Across Illinois, sixth through 12th-graders were asked some simple but revealing questions on a statewide survey: Does your teacher ask difficult questions in class? What about on tests ? Their answers were an eye-opener, with nearly 50 percent – almost 360,000 students – disclosing that they never or seldom are asked hard questions in their main academic classes.”
“As for exams, 42 percent said they never or only occasionally are given challenging test questions, raising concerns about the rigors of instruction at a time when students are supposed to be preparing for tougher state exams.”
After reporting the above results, the Tribune writes this conclusion, “Not only do students not feel challenged —”.
There you have it folks, those lazy, incompetent teachers, especially unionized ones), AREN’T CHALLENGING OUR KIDS! Way to go Tribune, now there’s a foolproof scientific conclusion if I ever saw one! Does the Tribune