That is not news by any means as we have known for many years that instead of improving our schools are doing a poorer and poorer job of educating our children. Recent results of tests given to fourth, eighth and high school students by the Department of Education show just how bad the situation has become. If three out of four students passing is minimally acceptable, only Bossier of four Northwest Louisiana parishes comes Percentages of students passing fourth English tests are Caddo 69, Bossier 78, DeSoto 59, and Webster 54. Grades for math, science and social studies are similar. Here's the danger part; grades for eighth graders are mostly lower. That downward trend continues for high school -- Caddo 51, Bossier 54, DeSoto53, and Webster 53.
I have noticed for years that United States children enter school fairly even with those from other industrialized nations but fall further and further behind the longer they attend school. There is no attempt to fix blame here, but something must be down. Why can we not take a hard look at schools that are succeeding, at least compared to the majority, and try to emulate their method of success? One thing we know for sure -- throwing more money at schools does not result in improvement.
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