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Pointe South Middle School would prefer the scores to be compatible with the 6th grade statistics for the entire state. For the 2010 school year, the passing percentage was 70%. The percentage of 6th graders who took the text in 2010 and passed was 39%. At this time the scores for social studies does not count towards AYP. This may contribute to the malaise towards the content. The reasons for the performance gap are · Indifference by most stakeholders · Lack of instructional time · Breakdown in ensuring interdisciplinary commitment · Bureaucratic breakdown from a federal to the local level emphasizing the importance of social studies

The reasons the present performance of students and the desired outcomes are not the same is · World history is extremely broad and a challenge to be properly presented · Economics and civics is relevant but course selections are limited to minimum years of instructions · Elected leaders are unwilling to decide how best to prepare our students to be responsible global citizens

Charles,

After reading over your Module 1 and now this bit of Module 2, I am seeing the start of a good ideas and a good paper but it isn't all flowing together. I am having a hard time following the whole project--is there anyway you can post it in the format where I can read it and get the full understanding of it?

Thanks

Brandy Collins