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Posted: 8:36 PM Dec 25, 2009
Ohio Lawmakers Make Education Changes in Hopes of Cashing In
Ohio lawmakers have approved a new policy that will enable the state to track student progress from kindergarten through college.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio lawmakers have approved a new policy that will enable the state to track student progress from kindergarten through college.
The change, tucked into a physical education requirements bill passed last week, improves Ohio's application for more federal education stimulus money.
President Barack Obama's administration has dangled $4.4 billion before states if they make changes to their education systems consistent with Obama's goals for reform.
Ohio would be eligible to receive up to $400 million of the funds. But it's competing with other states also making changes, and only some - perhaps 10 to 20 - will get the funds.
Ohio's change connects student data through high school with data from college, which will help the state evaluate how well students are prepared.
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I also agree that the individuals making these changes have not spent a significant amount of time in a classroom. I also know that without additional money from the government there is a good chance that several teachers in my district, including myself, will not have jobs next year. The state is cutting funding and expecting more results. Doesn't make sense to me.
I thought we already had this. It's called and ACT or SAT. This is just a waste of money. Maybe we need to spend more of our resources in the classroom and not in Columbus. This kind of waste is not going to help the children. I bet most politicians have no clue what goes on in our classrooms.
And sell this private information to who??This won't help anyone, and the more we put out of our childrens private lives the less private lives they have, True!!
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