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Saturday, February 5, 2011

Learning is fun....

DID YOU KNOW?
Barack Obama 

"As many as a quarter of our students aren’t even finishing high school."

"As many as a quarter of our students aren’t even finishing high school."

Mostly True

"We now have our kids go to school about a month less than most other advanced countries."

Half-True

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"The states that actually have lots of teachers in teacher unions tend to be the states that have done the best in terms of academic success in this country."   Randi WeingaHalf-True

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Sharron Angle "would eliminate the Department of Education."
True

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"In this country, we have a 25 percent dropout rate."

Half-True

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Texas "children may have a teacher who never spent one minute practicing teaching."
True

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"Florida spends more than $300 million a year just on children repeating pre-K through 3rd grade."
Mostly True

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"The unemployment rate for folks who've never gone to college is almost double what it is for those who have."

True

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A scheduled speech by President Barack Obama will be "the first time an American president has spoken directly to the nation's school children about persisting and succeeding in school."
False

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"Tommy Thompson created the first school choice program in the nation, giving thousands of Milwaukee students the choice of where they go to school – no matter where they live or how much money their parents make."
True

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"Look, I believe in accountability. In 1983, I led the effort in Arkansas to improve our schools."
True
*********************************to be continued.........

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