DISQUS

The New Mexico Independent: TODAY’S TOP STORIES: APS super blasts federal education goals as unrealistic

  • gshurley · 1 year ago
    Not surprising....I am a product of the APS system for high school after going to earlier grades in an eastern public school system. APS is notorious for leaving students unprepared for university -level studies. I would never allow a child of mine to step foot inside of a school adminsitered by APS and its low standards.
  • pari · 1 year ago
    I agree that APS has low standards, but I don't think that the standards set by NCLB are either appropriate or productive.

    What's the solution? I don't know.

    I do know that when people think they can get away with some kind of minimum, that's what most of them are going to strive for.
  • crisco · 1 year ago
    As a teacher in APS, I would widely admit that the High Schools suck. I don't know one that doesn't miss the ball on the pedagogy. However, I can raise reading levels by at most 1-2 years in one single year. When 5th graders read at a 1st grade level, what am I to do? I think if we lengthened the school day by an hour, we might actually get more done.

    CR