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From: mlgav
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 07:34:33 -0700 (PDT)
Perhaps off topic but is anyone else irritated over the Obama thing? I don't understand the problem with getting our children to think of ways to help OUR president! He is not the first president to do such a broadcast.
We all should be...thinking of ways to help him! In essence we are helping ourselves, our community, and our country. As I left school on Thursday, the Assistant Principal told me they had already gotten calls from parents about the broadcast. I made copies of the lesson plans and gave them to the teachers. They seemed well in line with the state's SPIs. Just look at the stats from the NEA site...
* According to estimates, about 30 percent of high school students drop out before graduation, meaning about one million students fail to graduate from high school every year.
* Only five in 10 Black and Hispanic students graduate on time with a standard diploma, and less than one-half of American Indian and Alaska Native students complete high school.
* Studies show that each class of high school dropouts costs the nation more than $200 billion in lost wages and tax revenues, as well as spending for social support programs.
* High school dropouts have an earnings disadvantage that tends to remain with them throughout their lives. Without the required education to obtain a good-paying job, high school dropouts often face a bleak future.
* Approximately 47 percent of high school dropouts are employed, compared to 64 percent of high school graduates not in college.
* The majority of inmates at state and federal prisons failed to complete high school.
* A 2006 study by Civic Enterprises shared dropouts' insights on why they left school before graduation. They cited a number of factors that would have kept them in school: enhancing the connection between school and work; providing real-world learning experiences; making school more relevant and engaging; and providing more help to struggling students.
Ok, off my soap box now. mary gavlik librarian chuckey-doak middle school afton, tn 37601 423-787-2038
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http://www.marykay.com/marygavlik
Life is Short. Dance often!
Received on Fri 04 Sep 2009 09:34:33 AM CDT
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 07:34:33 -0700 (PDT)
Perhaps off topic but is anyone else irritated over the Obama thing? I don't understand the problem with getting our children to think of ways to help OUR president! He is not the first president to do such a broadcast.
We all should be...thinking of ways to help him! In essence we are helping ourselves, our community, and our country. As I left school on Thursday, the Assistant Principal told me they had already gotten calls from parents about the broadcast. I made copies of the lesson plans and gave them to the teachers. They seemed well in line with the state's SPIs. Just look at the stats from the NEA site...
* According to estimates, about 30 percent of high school students drop out before graduation, meaning about one million students fail to graduate from high school every year.
* Only five in 10 Black and Hispanic students graduate on time with a standard diploma, and less than one-half of American Indian and Alaska Native students complete high school.
* Studies show that each class of high school dropouts costs the nation more than $200 billion in lost wages and tax revenues, as well as spending for social support programs.
* High school dropouts have an earnings disadvantage that tends to remain with them throughout their lives. Without the required education to obtain a good-paying job, high school dropouts often face a bleak future.
* Approximately 47 percent of high school dropouts are employed, compared to 64 percent of high school graduates not in college.
* The majority of inmates at state and federal prisons failed to complete high school.
* A 2006 study by Civic Enterprises shared dropouts' insights on why they left school before graduation. They cited a number of factors that would have kept them in school: enhancing the connection between school and work; providing real-world learning experiences; making school more relevant and engaging; and providing more help to struggling students.
Ok, off my soap box now. mary gavlik librarian chuckey-doak middle school afton, tn 37601 423-787-2038
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://www.marykay.com/marygavlik
Life is Short. Dance often!
Received on Fri 04 Sep 2009 09:34:33 AM CDT
