tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315477600049539181.post1384148769564779059..comments2023-07-19T06:54:19.182-07:00Comments on Bump's Stump: Education Standards Have FizzledDixon Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07202690322034731396noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315477600049539181.post-87322656492985557352010-01-11T10:21:42.813-08:002010-01-11T10:21:42.813-08:00The Universities have been dumbed down partially b...The Universities have been dumbed down partially because it was decided that everyone should go to college. So we have lots of programs to bring intercity kids to college that they normally could not get into. So now the colleges need to have remedial programs to get the kids up to speed before they can even start college level work.<br /><br />I agree with you Rain, the professors are pushed to get published or at least bring in research money instead of focusing on teaching.<br /><br />But fear not. Obama has a new plan called Race to the Top. I do not know the details, but supposedly the teachers union in California does not like it, so maybe it is a good plan.Ingineer66https://www.blogger.com/profile/01319022726561229313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315477600049539181.post-45208255136129834102010-01-10T21:34:59.179-08:002010-01-10T21:34:59.179-08:00Tell me about it!!!! I noticed the difference drop...Tell me about it!!!! I noticed the difference dropping out of college in 1968 and taking an 18-year Spring Break before I went back. I actually asked my advisor if college got easier or I got smarter. What my classmates didn't know shocked me. I know about Hillsdale College -- my daughter and I looked at it whem we were college shopping. She wound up at an excellent, challenging college here in Ohio and loved it because they challenged her good mind unlike her high school.Kay Dennisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02646717192332313215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315477600049539181.post-30841538667809616652010-01-10T20:16:33.449-08:002010-01-10T20:16:33.449-08:00I know quite a few teachers, not to mention hear f...I know quite a few teachers, not to mention hear from the teachers who teach my grandchildren and no child left behind which Teddy Kennedy promoted and Bush got as part of his supposedly improving education has been the ruin of real education. If it wasn't already suffering, that was even worse as it's all about passing tests. I wonder now if the whole system has been so ruined that there is no fixing it. I really hope it's not too late as public education is our future and when it's lost, we can kiss the rest off.<br /><br />Universities were ruined by the need to get grants where good teachers got pushed out if they couldn't also sell projects to pay for their programs. Ten years ago, my son in law was in a university and had to leave it as he got tired of having to constantly sell instead of teach.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4315477600049539181.post-88200005660671132942010-01-10T17:03:23.481-08:002010-01-10T17:03:23.481-08:00Dix, I knew it! You are truly a "Sierra Delta...Dix, I knew it! You are truly a "Sierra Delta"!Greybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.com