DT>If kids cannot spell, as you and others here 
DT>say, and if they cannot 
DT>write or read at grade level, the bigger 
DT>question it seems to me is "How 
DT>were these kids taught?"
 RM> I think the bigger question is: Are these even the same kids
 RM> in terms of the population sample?  Certainly the attitudes
 RM> have changed... Maybe NOTHING is going to work well....
The environment has changed, education has to change, we as teachers have to 
change, if we don't someone will do it for us.
--- Maximus 2.02
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