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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MD schools have slid in rankings every year since Hogan became Governor. He needs to be asked about this in EVERY interview and debate. What's he doing to stem the slide? And why did the slide start with his election?

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Is your claim that as soon as Hogan was elected students got dumber?

While I agree it's reasonable to be aware about continued ranking slides, doesn't it make sense that the education children received up to the point their scores began decreasing plays a part? Hogan was not responsible by any metric for the education that occurred, or didn't, before he was elected.

One should also consider what else has happened. Does Maryland have more non-native English speakers in the educational system now? That will affect our ranking. Have Maryland's monetary policies contributed to further division between haves and have-nots? Have Marylanders gotten more racist, segregating themselves and thus their children? That will affect our ranking. I live in Baltimore County, where several of the schools do not have air conditioning, and children are expected to learn in classrooms that are extremely hot. Studies show that heat affects our ability to learn. Have we considered how weather changes, or even climate change, affect how our test scores look year to year (in areas where schools are not effectively climate controlled)?

I suppose it's possible that as soon as Hogan was elected, children lost educational levels. And that nothing that happened before or after, except things he controls, have anything to do with the fact that Maryland hasn't pulled itself back up to the top yet. I don't think that's a reasonable analysis, however.[/quote]

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