Education Week Releases Quality Counts Report |
posted by: Pamela | January 13, 2011, 06:18 PM |
Maryland was the top-ranked state, earning the nation's highest overall grade, a B plus for the third year in a row. Massachusetts and New York followed behind, each receiving a B. The majority of states receive grades of C-plus or lower. Four states—Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, and West Virginia—and the District of Columbia receive grades of F on the index. The report is cause for concern according to its authors. "If the turbulence and waves of hardship brought by the recession have taught us anything, it's that America will sink or swim in a global economy based on its success educating all of its citizens, not just a privileged few, to high standards," said Christopher B. Swanson, vice president of Editorial Projects in Education, the nonprofit organization that publishes Education Week. "If we are going to continue advancing as a nation, then strong, sustained, and equitable educational improvement must become the norm for students in every state rather than the exception that it is today." Education Week staff claim that the recession had a great impact on the state of education in 2010, making creative cost-cutting reforms imperative to success. Former D.C. School Chancellor Michelle Rhee asserts , "States will continue to find it difficult to solve budget deficits if they continue to ignore problems surrounding the current structure of their benefits and pensions for teachers and administrators." The full report can be found here. Do you find these grading reports helpful? Comment below.
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