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The speed at which this thing has taken off is nothing short of astounding. On Sunday I wrote and posted several entries and that night I E-mailed approximately 20-25 people from my E-mail address book to get the word out. On Monday we had 153 hits and so far today we have had 410 hits.
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I think we've started something.
Barry E. Lamb
Bayville
I would like to start a thread about the appearnace of the village. I see in the first few days of the blog, a few people talked about it. I think it is am important issue and I think the public discussing it in an open forum might help those on the "beautification committee" appointed by the Mayor.
I do not know how to start a new thread, perhaps the admin can start it??? Or just put this entry in a new heading??? Thanks!
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Suzi, good suggestion.
Something else that I would like to see addressed is business improvement in the Stands area. Steves Pier seems to be joining the Poseidon and the Luca and Maxie property in the category of empty, decaying buildings in our prime, waterfront business area. what a waste.
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Truth about News Weeks top school list:
May 29, 2008 – 1:31 pm
May 30, 2008
by Professor Allen Quist
Newsweek has once again released its “100 best high schools” feature article (May 26, 2008 issue). Newsweek has been highlighting similar stories on what it calls the “100 best” American high schools each spring since 1998.
Unfortunately, these yearly Newsweek articles and ratings are propaganda for the interests Newsweek wishes to promote. The articles are propaganda in particular for International baccalaureate (I
Newsweek determines the supposed “100 best high schools” by means of a simple formula that is totally invalid. This formula, as stated by the recent Newsweek article, is: “The NEWSWEEK list of top U.S. high schools was compiled this year, as in years past.”
We count the total number of these tests [IB, AP and Cambridge tests] taken at a school by all students each May, and divide by the number of graduating seniors.
Notice that this formula does not take into account the number of students who passed these test, nor does it include the test scores, only the number of tests taken.
How many colleges admit students on a formula like this, a formula based on the number of tests taken, but not on the test scores? No colleges or universities admit students on that kind of ludicrous guideline, the reason being that the number of tests a student takes tells us nothing about what that student has learned.
Notice also that the Newsweek formula rewards drop-out rates: the fewer students graduate, the higher the score. Do high drop-out rates indicate good schools? It would be difficult, if not impossible, to find an educator who thinks so.
Not surprisingly, the average standardized student test scores in many of the “100 best high schools” are well bellow national averages, the reason being that the
Newsweek’s formula does not measure student learning.
So what panel of fantasy-world educators devised this invalid Newseek “best schools” formula? The formula is actually not the result of any panel of teachers, but rather is the brain-child of one man, Jay Matthews, a journalist, not a teacher.
Jay Matthews writes for the Washington Post and Newsweek, but he also has a cozy relationship with International Baccalaureate The IB bookstore sells a work coauthored by Matthews and former IB deputy director general, Ian Hill. Matthews has additionally written a book promoting IB. The relationship between Matthews and IB is something far less than objective and arms length!
IB typically follows up the yearly Newsweek article with a news release of its own, highlighting the fact that IB schools are disproportionately represented on the 100 best schools list. Since the Newsweek rating system is largely based on schools offering IB, which they must do to give IB tests, the circular nature of such news releases is obvious.
The argument boils down to saying that schools that give IB tests are disproportionately more likely to be IB schools. News
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The above article was written by:
http://www.bettypeters.org/bettypeters/2008/05/29/newsweeks-best-schools-propaganda-machine/
This is something to think about!
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Now how come when Betty writes about it, it is something to think about, but when I've been writing about it for four years, people call me crazy? Gee whiz!
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Betty wears pearls
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Bayville certainly is a beautiful place. As I walk down Bayville Ave. I greet my neighbors, admire the beautiful homes except one.
The old Casha home is run down and should be knocked down. Their is black mold on the exterior, mice running around the property and a fowl smell coming from the building, it must be a health hazard to live in.
I see it is on the market but asking way too much.
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Brilliant post mate, keep up the good work
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Where is the Casha house?
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What were they thinking of when Ransom Beach was converted from a beach to a disgusting sea wall. What corrupt politicians were convinced to have this monstrousity built? Something much more natural could have been constructed to prevent flooding. Even boulders would have been better than this ugly sea wall which keeps collapsing every few years. Perfect for making tons of money in pay offs to have it repaired every few years. How did environmentalist allow this? Hope it collapses and is replaced again with beautiful beach that was there before. Just remove parking lot and replace with large sand dunes, not cement wall. I was looking at old photos before it was built and it was so nice. Goes to show what greed can do.
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