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Comment on WaPo Comments on the coming Commercial Real Estate crash by First Texas bank fails for 2010: La Coste National Bank | WebCogito

First Texas bank fails for 2010: La Coste National Bank | WebCogito — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:27:43 +0000

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Comment on Piper Cherokee plane crashes into IRS building in Austin – Suicide note found online by Military Coup going on in Niger, sources say | WebCogito

Military Coup going on in Niger, sources say | WebCogito — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:06:50 +0000

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Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:46:02 +0000

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uberVU - social comments — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:45:46 +0000

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"Houston is technically bankrupt", continued | WebCogito — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:12:07 +0000

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Comment on President Obama’s 2010 State of the Union Address in images by Bob the Commenter

Bob the Commenter — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:45:09 +0000

I find the smallest words to be rather telling, given that the size of the word corresponds to its frequency.

Comment on Western environmentalists have never experienced the physical sensation of hunger by Frog

Frog — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:44:21 +0000

Casey Serin should be executed.

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2 + 2 = ? | WebCogito — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:44:35 +0000

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Steve Serin confronts Casey Serin | WebCogito — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:03:18 +0000

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Comment on Let's Follow One DISD Class from 8th Grade to Graduation by Bill Betzen

Bill Betzen — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:12:07 +0000

Jean, It is good to see your work. It is very similar to some I have done tracking students on the http://www.studentmotivation.org web site. Your 52% graduation rate based on the 8th grade number was generous. As I understand it the national standard will be the 9th grade enrollment and that graduation rate, due to the “9th grade bubble,” is up to 43.5% for the Class of 2009, the highest graduation rate in 4 years!

The good news is that the 9th grade bubble has decreased significantly in Dallas over the past 3 years. I project that using the 9th grade as the base that our graduation rate will continue to rise and may even pass 50% within the next few years.

I strongly believe, due to the constant arguments over dropout rate, that a full 12+year enrollment by grade spreadsheet should be posted in an easy to find location on every Texas school district and school web site so that the games played with dropout rates can stop. The single digit dropout rate claims need to stop.

Regarding work to lower our dropout rates here in Dallas, I strongly recommend you look at our School Archive Project at http://www.studentmotivation.org. It is now 5 years old and has led to the largest 12th grade class in the history of both Pinkston and Sunset for the 2008-2009 school year. It has now spread to 4 other schools and is being considered by more. For $2 per 8th grade student it is a very good investment. It is a simple 10-year time-capsule and 10-year class reunion plan with planned presentations at the time of the reunion by alumni speaking with then current students. They will talk about their recommendations for success. They are warned to be ready for questions such as “What would you do differently if you were 13 again?”