I sometimes forget Hawaii is part of our fifty-nifty United States. They're not exactly attached to us and they are so beautiful and resort like that one would only think they are in paradise. Unfortunately, for locals, paradise has its usual regime too, and schools are part of that regime. After reading "Race to Top Winners Under Gun to Keep Commitments" I learned that due to inadequate progress, Hawaii is in the risk of loosing government grant funding of $75 million. Hawaii has already used $3.8 million of this $75 which will put them in even more of a crisis. It was said in the article that, "Revoking a grant is a rare occurrence for the Education Department, but it's been done before" (23). So let me get this straight, now that Hawaii is having a hard time bringing up test scores, their grant will be revoked to teach them a lesson? Why would the government take money from a state that needs it the most? It would be like me giving all the students who received an A on the spelling quiz, a cheat sheet for next weeks quiz, while the ones who failed have to just study harder. Am I missing something? I think they should keep their grant because they obviously need the money to fund school that are failing. With the money, they can hire reformers or someone from the outside to help the schools in need rise to their penitential.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Race to the Top Starts on the Bottom
I sometimes forget Hawaii is part of our fifty-nifty United States. They're not exactly attached to us and they are so beautiful and resort like that one would only think they are in paradise. Unfortunately, for locals, paradise has its usual regime too, and schools are part of that regime. After reading "Race to Top Winners Under Gun to Keep Commitments" I learned that due to inadequate progress, Hawaii is in the risk of loosing government grant funding of $75 million. Hawaii has already used $3.8 million of this $75 which will put them in even more of a crisis. It was said in the article that, "Revoking a grant is a rare occurrence for the Education Department, but it's been done before" (23). So let me get this straight, now that Hawaii is having a hard time bringing up test scores, their grant will be revoked to teach them a lesson? Why would the government take money from a state that needs it the most? It would be like me giving all the students who received an A on the spelling quiz, a cheat sheet for next weeks quiz, while the ones who failed have to just study harder. Am I missing something? I think they should keep their grant because they obviously need the money to fund school that are failing. With the money, they can hire reformers or someone from the outside to help the schools in need rise to their penitential.
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