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is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. -- Plato
(429-347 BC)
Monday, September 25, 2006
Arkansas remediation rate shocks Gov. Huckabee
Little Rock, Arkansas - At the Sept 20, 2006, Next Step High School Redesign Summit at the Statehouse Convention Center, Governor Huckabee revealed, " ... some startling statistics ... took my breath away. Twenty percent of Arkansas ninth graders do not stay in school until graduation. The rate is even higher for African-Americans and Hispanic students. More than 50 percent of Arkansas students who go straight to college require remedial courses in both math and English. ... Academically, ...Arkansas' high schools are in crisis."
These "startling statistics" were in direct conflict with the Commissioner of Arkansas Department of Education, Dr. Ken James previous released commments [Read comments]. It is totally astounding that the governor would say he didn't know these things. However, the conflict between statistics did not prevent the Governor from joining the Commissioner in announcing another new program called Next Step for Arkansas? Future that is supposed to focus on the "redesign of high schools so all students are prepared for life after graduation." The Women's Prayer & Action Group expressed concerns over this new program!
The governor with help from liberal democrat buddies have pushed the tax burden in Arkansas up to 4th in the nation to expand the educational reforms, yet he did not even know the college remediation and dropout rates, two of the most basic education facts. Arkansans now pay a greater percent of their income in total taxes than 46 other states. http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/05taxbur.html I wonder if that fact would take Gov. Huckabee's breath away and just where and when will he will learn about that shocking figure?
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The governor with help from liberal democrat buddies have pushed the tax burden in Arkansas up to 4th in the nation to expand the educational reforms, yet he did not even know the college remediation and dropout rates, two of the most basic education facts. Arkansans now pay a greater percent of their income in total taxes than 46 other states. http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/rate/05taxbur.html I wonder if that fact would take Gov. Huckabee's breath away and just where and when will he will learn about that shocking figure?
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