New Orleans evacuee students tutored for Texas state tests

[VicMan]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metrop...an/3708300.html

This article is about New Orleans evacuee students in Texas schools. Houston ISD and other school districts are trying to make sure the children are at grade level so they can meet Texas standards.

The article also highlights disparities between New Orleans public schools pre-Katrina and Houston ISD and Alief ISD.

[Jeebus]

New Orleans evacuee Tiffany Clark, now a senior at Taylor High, said she was floored by the difficulty of the math section of the TAKS test.

"I didn't know nothing on the math test. I think they're more advanced than us," said Clark, who already passed the Louisiana graduation exam.

I think that about sums it up. Along with no comprehension of math, they seem to be lacking in the English department as well.

I look at it this way: For the first time ever, New Orleans kids will finally get a decent education. New Orleans teachers will finally get a decent paycheck.

Edited March 9, 2006 by Jeebus

[The Great Hizzy!]

That's frustrating as hell to read.

[VicMan]

I mentioned the idea of building strong public neighborhood schools on a New Orleans forum:

http://www.nola.com/forums/schools/index.ssf?initial=true

I told the forum that they should look at River Oaks/Roberts/Twain/Poe/West U./Condit/Horn/Briargrove as what New Orleans public schools should emulate.

[H-Town Man]

Any way someone with archive access can put the full text of the article on here? Or would that be illegal?