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He won't be signing on the 20th because he has some academic stuff to clear up.
As an educator, I can honestly say there are very few excuses for this. Any system that allows someone to stay eligible but not be on track is not doing the student any good. Then they are expected to perform in college. I know there can be circumstances but they are very rare. If I am off base I am sure you will let know.
100% agree.
He should have been missing games.
Unless he simply stopped caring after football, but thats too quick so i doubt it.
More "compassion" and easy standards in our schools.
I agree as well, as a teacher and coach, students literally have to consciously make the choice to struggle in school. If they simply do what is asked of them they are going to be fine academically.
That was a bigger crock of **** than common core.
No Child Left Behind is a thing of the past. I was principal at a school that knocked the top out if the test scores so our school had no problems with NCLB.
One of the biggest problems with No Child Left Behind was that we got rid of teaching to the skills needed and further pushed to teach to the test then we already had as an educational Department. I taught pre no child and during no child and it certainly made a difference because people that I worked for and then when I did substitute teaching no the test know the test know the test was all I kept hearing. It should have been get the kids smarter get the kids smarter but that doesn't always show up on a test
No child left behind...classic.
GW had all the answers!
GW had all the answers!
Agreed, I imagine if he wasn’t from York, NE we would have cut ties long ago.
This. Said it back in August and was chastised for it.
He is taking some on line classes which they are waiting on grades for. Sounds like he will not get the grades before Dec 20 so Nebraska is not allowing him to sign until the grades are in.
In Texas if you are failing any class at 9 weeks you are out, until like 3 weeks if grades got up.
This is a general statement so take it for what its worth. I found that schools that were not teaching at a high level already could have taught to the test. We never did, didn't even talk about it. We set high expectations of teachers and students and let the test fall where it may. When I would go to meetings people would ask what we were doing and I said nothing unusual. We often used the same text books and materials but there was a difference in teacher expectations and student expectations.
The premise that all students would pass a minimum standard is not a bad idea. I do believe you can have good test scores and other life/work skills if you are willing to work at it.
I have been out of the pubic sector for several years but it used to be a student had to pass 5 classes to remain eligible to play. Schools can have their own eligibility standards. We had a one week probation/notification and then a weekly eligibility. KSHSAA had minimum standards that had to be met. I never understood a standard that allowed kids to fail classes, especially core classes and still be eligible. Schools were saying you can play because you passed 5 of 7 classes but you won't graduate at that rate. Double standard that the kids don't get.
another governmental good intention with unintended consequences.
NCAA initial eligibility is a combination of GPA and test scores. So a kid could pass every class, be eligible to play in high school and still not be eligible to play NCAA athletics.
I don’t think you can blame a school district for this situation. If the kid is passing his classes he can play.
As far as Texas goes. The no pass no play is a decent rule but is a bit of a misnomer. A kid can be failing a class currently and still be allowed to play. There are grade checks every 3 weeks, but not all of those grade checks will make a kid eligible. The clock starts over at the end of the quarter.
I don’t think you can blame a school district for this situation. If the kid is passing his classes he can play.
As far as Texas goes. The no pass no play is a decent rule but is a bit of a misnomer. A kid can be failing a class currently and still be allowed to play. There are grade checks every 3 weeks, but not all of those grade checks will make a kid eligible. The clock starts over at the end of the quarter.
I am aware of the GPA, core classes, requirements at least how they were a few years ago. Here is the deal though. Everyone knows where a kid is. The teachers know, the counselors know, the principal knows at least in a small school.
I had a kid who thought he was going to play D I and so did his dad. He and everyone else knew he was short a math class and he had every opportunity to get it taken care of and didn't. The point is, you get the kid ready and give them every opportunity and when it gets down to the final situation you can say you did everything you could, it is up to the student.
Another football thread started with good intention with unintended consequences.
The dept of Ed is a fairly recent organization government wise, it was started 79-80. It was all part of the Great society where the government was expanding and taking on more control of everything in our lives.
If it were me I would considering getting rid of it. The states determine what is taught and when now. The DOE mainly hands down regulations and tells schools what they can and cannot do such as what to do with bathrooms.
States should know what they need to do to compete and get students ready. If they don't get students ready, there will be a huge uproar by businesses and parents. JMHO
Keep as much as possible on the local and state levels, home rule.
Like you can expect either party to come out against bringing children forward?
I see we have another one that has devolved into a political argument.
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