Thanks! The job started out boring, but I have been sucked into caring about these issues.
For a less extreme example I remember when I was in high school (in the state capital) all the top kids in the high school being courted HEAVILY by the University of Nebraska - and none of us stayed (though some of us, including me, have temporarily come back), for various reasons (from academic to psychological).
What I have found with these failing schools in very poor, very rural parts of the state is that you can't even tell who the best and the brightest are. As in they're not even provided the chance to develop. Which is why we always ask, "what are you doing for the gifted students?" But they're too busy worrying about getting students to pass state test cut scores.
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Date: 2010-05-10 11:14 pm (UTC)For a less extreme example I remember when I was in high school (in the state capital) all the top kids in the high school being courted HEAVILY by the University of Nebraska - and none of us stayed (though some of us, including me, have temporarily come back), for various reasons (from academic to psychological).
What I have found with these failing schools in very poor, very rural parts of the state is that you can't even tell who the best and the brightest are. As in they're not even provided the chance to develop. Which is why we always ask, "what are you doing for the gifted students?" But they're too busy worrying about getting students to pass state test cut scores.