Somethings don't belong together.

A teacher in Georgia was caught teaching an intergraded math and social studies class. He was trying to teach with questions that had to both subjects. One question was “Each tree had 56 oranges.  If eight slaves pick them equally, then how much would each slave pick?” and “If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week?” These questions were appearing on homework in the elementary school. It’s strange to teach that but I guess depending on where the school is, it would be ok. But this is a very bad time to teach kids like this.

Shooting in Texas

On January 4^th, police in Brownsville, Texas, an 8^th grader was shot by police on the halls of his middle school. The teen walked into a classroom and assaulted a student. Then he pulled the weapon out, most likely to make a point or statement. Later when police arrived he was told by them to drop his firearm numerous times but he didn’t. Then he was fatally shot by police. It turns out the firearm he was carrying was a pellet gun. It was said that the pellet gun closely resembled a Glock, a well know pistol used by law enforcement. It’s kind of unclear why lethal action was used on an 8^th grader but it was justified by the officers who shot the student. It was a tragedy that occurred but the police are trained to handle situations like this less lethal, and could of avoided this tragedy if they chose that route.

Overall, just a huge school fail

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Nearly half of America's public schools didn't meet federal achievement standards in the year 2011, marking the largest failure rate since the criticized "No Child Left Behind Law" took effect a decade ago.  The Center on Education Policy report shows more than 43,000 schools(48%)did not make enough yearly progress this year. The failure rates range from a low of 11% in Wisconsin to a high of 89% in Florida.  The law requires states to have every student performing at grade level in math and reading by 2014, which most educators agree is an impossible goal.  State's scores varied wildly. For example, in Georgia, 27% of schools did not meet targets, compared to 81% in Massachusetts and 16% in Kansas.  That's because some states have harder tests or have higher numbers of immigrants and more low-income children, also because the law requires states to raise the bar each year for how many children must pass the test.