now. the story goes on to bemoan the republican house in particular that has two weeks left before and i quote from the times likely to interinto the congressional record book for underachievement. no bills, no laws, no time and now out of time. that was their thing. they did not do. they did not spend. they re underachieving because they re preventing the wheels of government itself from moving. and it got me thinking. it happens now and then. since when is underachieving defined by underdelivering on spending or legislating or new laws or new mandates or new rules or regulations or decrees from washington? since when are these the things by which we judge the accomplishments of washington. i think congress should get a gold star for largely sitting on its collective pin-striped keyesers. here s why. given the choice between their sitting on their hands and giving us the deeper in debt finger, i ll take their hands.
politics, democrat and republican, has reached the consensus that all perceived underachievement by students is entirely the fault of teachers. this idea has taken hold across the political spectrum. show business liberals make documentaries that they think prove it s all the teacher s fault. a republican president followed now by a democratic president adhere to the belief that there s a regime of standardized testing of students that will measure not just the student s achievement but teaching excellence. the blame the teacher movement began not as the product of reliable research on academic performance but as a right-wing republican political movement, an anti-union movement, specifically an anti-teacher s union. they were told to take the blame for any disappointing academic
republican, has reached the consensus that all perceived underachievement by students is entirely the fault of teachers. this idea has taken hold across the political spectrum. show business liberals make documentaries that they think prove it s all the teacher s fault. a republican president followed now by a democratic president adhere to the belief that there s a regime of standardized testing of students that will measure not just the student s achievement but teaching excellence. the blame the teacher movement began not as the product of reliable research on academic performance but as a right-wing republican political movement, an anti-union movement, spefrkically an anti-teacher s union. they were told to take the blame for any disappointing academic
republican, has reached the consensus that all perceived underachievement by students is entirely the fault of teachers. this idea has taken hold across the political spectrum. show business liberals make documentaries that they think prove it s all the teacher s fault. a republican president followed now by a democratic president adhere to the belief that there s a regime of standardized testing of students that will measure not just the student s achievement but teaching excellence. the blame the teacher movement began not as the product of reliable research on academic performance but as a right-wing republican political movement, an anti-union movement, specifically an anti-teacher s union. they were told to take the blame for any disappointing academic achievement statistics in america.
reporter: violin lessons for everyone begin in third grade. mandarin chinese is mandatory beginning in kindergarten and individualized computer challenges reinforce what s taught in a classroom. in a city plagued with academic underachievement, cornerstone schools one prief and the two charter schools that are pat of the public system are over achievers. students on average test a year above grade level and 95% go on to graduate high school. students here come with no special advantages. half live below the poverty line. fourth grader caitlin rogers recently transferred public school to cornerstone. at my old school nobody really cared and they d fall asleep in the classroom. at cornerstone, students, teachers and parents care enough that the school year is 11 months long. i only get one month this summer vacation. does that bother you? not really when you get the chance to learn about the school because it s actually fun at the