Pisa aux USA : les adolescents américains "stagnent".

A reading activity asked test takers to read a short play, and then write about what the characters were doing before the curtain went up. The challenge is that the question prompts students to envision and describe a scene not actually included in the text itself. These are good questions that most of our kids should be able to tackle—we want analytical, creative children, not just kids who are good at memorization.

Yet we shouldn’t be surprised that our 15-year-olds are stagnant on PISA. Our best American exam, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, already shows that the performance of our older teenagers has been flat since 1971, even as our elementary school kids—especially poor kids—have improved. Our kids do OK when they’re young, but then stall in high school, time and time again. This fact is backed by two other big international exams that get less airtime, TIMSS and PIRLS, which show that American fourth- and eighth-graders are improving in math, science, and reading, and are actually above average internationally.

xphrog a écrit:you can't ship Jesse off to military school anymore.   

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defunct_United_States_military_academies

jail is cheaper.   

Angola is home to scores of old men who cannot get out of bed, let alone commit a crime.

xphrog a écrit:

Angola is home to scores of old men who cannot get out of bed, let alone commit a crime.

http://www.angolarodeo.com/

Warden Cain raconte ses bakesales...