Educational Progress

Last year 585 New Jersey public schools failed to meet the No Child Left Behind Standards. This year 851 schools failed. According to Education Commission William Librera "

We understand how this can carry confusing messages, and it doesn't accurately capture progress we've made in the state," "Our's is always a word of caution."

It's easy to see why the kids fail. The people administering the schools can't do simple word problems.

Commissioner, Take the number 851 put it on a number line, then put the number 585 on your number line and you'll see that 851 is to the right of 585 meaning more schools failed this year than last year. That's not progress it's failure. Oops! We don't fail in school, I forgot. We just achieved very well at a different level. Sorry, I didn't mean to hurt your self-esteem.

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