Monday, December 03, 2007
In Our Schools - in California
I know a lot of money is invested in this issue; and, it would seem that by now, there should be more to show for it...
Here's a story by Emmanuel Opati at CampusReportOnline.net about the findings of the Pacific Research Institute:
"He said that statistics from their research indicate 'nearly 300 schools across California in some of the priciest places did not have at least 50% of their grade level proficiency.' For instance 'at Hillsdale High, a school in an affluent suburb with a median house cost of $867,000 (and which was voted as a California Distinguished School by the Department of Education), amongst 11th graders only 40% are proficient in English,' he said. At Prospect High School where median price of the home is about $1.6 Million, he said, 'less than half of the 10th and 11th graders are proficient in English.'"
