How long will it take to repair the damge to America done by the Bush regime

[DuncanK]

Originally posted by Tassadar5000
The communists (dems) havent done A BIT of good!!!!! Learn to read and then go re-read my post....

Oh

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov


That's not true. The Texas "education miracle" is a myth. (Bush didn't do much of anything anyway. People seem to forget the TX government is such that the Governor actually has less power than the Lt. Governor, and far less than the state legislature).

Anyhoo:

http://www.rand.org/publications/IP/IP202/

Texas didn't improve education, they improved test scores, and no better than the national average for the same time. And that was done by teachers focusing on passing the tests rather than actually teaching kids how to learn and use the information in any useful way.

"According to NAEP, Texas fourth graders were slightly more proficient in reading in 1998 than they were in 1994. However, the country as a whole also improved to about the same degree. Thus, there was nothing remarkable about reading score gains in Texas. In contrast, the increase in fourth grade math scores in Texas was significantly greater than it was nationwide. However, the small improvements in NAEP eighth grade math scores were consistent with those observed nationally. The gains in scores between fourth and eighth grade in Texas also were consistent with national trends. In short, except for fourth grade math, the gains in Texas were comparable to those experienced nationwide during this time period.
In all the analyses, including fourth grade math, the gains on the TAAS were several times greater than they were on NAEP. Hence, how much a Texas student's proficiency in reading and math actually improved depends almost entirely on whether the assessment of that student's skills relies on NAEP scores (which are based on national content frameworks) or TAAS scores (which are based on tests that are aligned with Texas' own content standards and are administered by the classroom teacher)."

And the racial gap did not narrow at all, contrary to Bush's claims.

"In 1998, the mean fourth grade NAEP reading score for whites in Texas was one full standard deviation higher than the mean for blacks. To put this in perspective, the average black student was at roughly the 38th percentile among all Texas test takers whereas the average white student was at about the 67th percentile. This gap was slightly larger than the difference between these groups in 1994. In other words, the black-white reading gap actually increased during this four-year period. The same pattern was present in fourth and eighth grade math scores (see Figure 4a). "

Boris, your wrong.

[Boris Godunov]

My wrong what?

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
My wrong what?

Texas is the best state for education. There is no racial divide. Bush is the best leader ever.

Plus, your just a communist....what do you know?

[Boris Godunov]

Tass,

You're = you are
your = possessive form

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Tass,

You're = you are
your = possessive form

I'm right, and so you have to resort to correcting my word use ON THE INTERNET.

[DuncanK]

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Tass,

You're = you are
your = possessive form

Yeah, you're grammer is bad

[Ned]

Actually, I think Roosevelt was a very good president. So was Kennedy - although it was he who got us into Vietnam by assassinating Diem, by taking over command of the ARVN and by putting 30,000 GI's into "advise."

What I have a strong objection to are the Democrats since Kennedy.

[DuncanK]

Originally posted by Ned
Actually, I think Roosevelt was a very good president. So was Kennedy - although it was he who got us into Vietnam by assassinating Diem, by taking over command of the ARVN and by putting 30,000 GI's into "advise."

What I have a strong objection to are the Democrats since Kennedy.

How about the Republicans since Kennedy? Pretty damn sucky.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by DuncanK


How about the Republicans since Kennedy? Pretty damn sucky.

The only one I don't object to is Ford, who did exactly what he should have in his situation--nothing.

[Ned]

Originally posted by DuncanK


How about the Republicans since Kennedy? Pretty damn sucky.

I credit Nixon for getting us out of Vietnam. He should have escallated the bombing sooner, because that was what forced NV into a deal.

I didn't like much of anything else he did, though.

Ford was an idiot.

Carter was a failure other than Camp David.

Reagan was a success for the tax cuts and for standing up to the USSR.

Bush I was a failure because of the tax increases and because he left Saddam in power.

So looking back, on the whole, only Reagan was a really successful Republican president in this timeframe.

I only wish all Republican presidents could have the vision of Lincoln, Teddy R, and Eisenhower.

And, let me say, the Dems have a good number of very good presidents, including Jefferson, Polk, Roosevelt and to some extent Kennedy.

The book is not yet even fully open on the current president. The war on terror has gone well. As well, I am pursuaded on Iraq.

I did not understand, though, the need for steel tarriffs.

Finally, last April, I was very angry at Bush for obvious tilt to the Palestinians in the face of the worst terror campaign in history. It is good that Sharon ignored Bush and did what needed to be done.

[Boris Godunov]

Ford wasn't an idiot. He knew he was unelected and had no mandate to do anything, so he did nothing. Smart man!

[DuncanK]

No president has had any vision since Kennedy and Johnson. The presidents that you mention have followed the typical Republican agenda, increase military spending, take petty military action, and cut taxes. I don't think any of that makes you great, and I disagree that America has done well under such agenda. I think the next president with a new agenda will be a Democrat though. The Republicans tend to want to prevent progress more than have a vision for progress.

[cia]

But DuncanK,
Clinton didn't follow that agenda so that means he was great?
He slashed military spending, jacked taxes, but he did do the petty military thing.

[Ned]

Duncan, You an I strongly disagree on Reagan.

What an inspirational presidency!