Okay. . .prepare to cry.

[SammyBlue]

Look where Arizona ranks in America's smartest school children.

Prepare to cry.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[Tiggeroshii]

1. Oh don't cry...

Us Californians aren't too far behind ya :toast:

[Maat]

3. You beat me to it ...

Tiggeroshii.

I'm not proud of California's record ... but then Arnie has us fighting for the bottom spot!

[stepnw1f]

2. I'll Send a Few Teachers from New England

Sorry... trying to make light of something really serious in this country.

[noahmijo]

11. New England area has one or two good colleges I hear....

Sorry I was edumacated in Arizona :)


Seriously though the stats don't lie this places as I said previously treats bug exterminators better than teachers.

[stepnw1f]

12. That Sucks...

Teachers across the country get treated unfairly. Education needs to be a PRIORITY for ALL regardless of class, race, or religion.

[alstephenson]

4. Sad but true

Arizona - LAST on the list, below Mississippi! How pathetic!!

[SammyBlue]

9. We spend four times as much on prisons than we do on schools.

Disgusting.

And, of course, it's the fault of teachers (you know, people like me, who get paid crap and given little to help us).

[Ian David]

5. There's a poll there on how to improve the schools...

The most important quality of a good school is:
Excellent teachers
Administrators who care about the classroom
Small classroom size
Modern, clean facilities
A hefty budget
High scores on standardized tests
Lots of computers
Parental involvement

Choices not given: Pledge of Allegiance and Creationism

[peace frog]

6. Flori-duh is 36th... say whaaaaa?

My illustrious state should be scraping the bottom of the list.

[vandrop]

7. Ah, 46th in the nation!

"Now is the time to wage even more war on teachers and all uf dees tings." - Arnold King/CEO of Cahleeforneeya

[Tiggeroshii]

13. Did he really say that? n/t

[newyawker99]

16. Hi vandrop!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[newyawker99]

18. Hi vandrop!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Zensea]

8. My sister is a teacher in Arizona

She's been complaining about how the students she teaches (juniors and seniors in college) aren't very smart and that it is frustrating.

Maybe this will make her feel better --- that it's not her imagination.

[noahmijo]

10. Hey Sammy why do you think as soon as Jojo graduates we're getting the

hell outta here?

No fucking way Joanne will become a teacher in this pathetic anti-education anti-sane state. Bug Exterminators get treated better in this state than teachers do.

[specedteacher]

14. It is not a ranking of smartest children at all....

It is simply another poll using info gathered from faulty high stakes tests.

I am a special educator in Arizona and I know this "poll" is bullshit or rather bushshit. We have great schools and great teachers here in AZ. Yes our classrooms could use a lot more money, but the repukes in the state legislature wouldn't give us a damn cent if our lives depended on it.

The schools in the United States are in far better shape that the repukes would have you believe. Our biggest problem, here in Arizona, is the high student transient rate out here. We see a lot of student movement in and out of our schools.

I fully support our public schools and am damn proud of the job they do.

[SammyBlue]

15. I too am a teacher in Arizona.

Ummm. . .I don't know what district you're in. . .but it says alot that our state spends 4 times as much on prisons than they do on schools.

I tend to accept the findings because alot of my students don't know HOW to write. . .and I teach High school. They don't know grammar, syntax o r any rules of writing, citing or formatting.

The schools in this country are falling apart. I support our public education as well, but the jackals are holding a knife to the school's throat and have begun to cut.

[lonestarnot]

17. This is why we need SLADE MEAD for Superintendent of Schools

Get rid of that looser Horn!