Comments on: Morning Notes http://www.arlnow.com/2013/02/22/morning-notes-654/ News, Weather, Traffic, Events and Reviews in Arlington, Virginia Sat, 18 May 2013 23:13:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Frustrated http://www.arlnow.com/2013/02/22/morning-notes-654/#comment-313084 Frustrated Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:57:00 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=66434#comment-313084 The boundary petition is no surprise. APS presented options at their last community meeting that weren’t ever shown to the public before. They have several maps that move children who live close to their school to a school farther away, while keeping planning units that are far from their school unchanged. No one I know has heard a response from any feedback submitted.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.arlnow.com/2013/02/22/morning-notes-654/#comment-312989 Aaron Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:34:14 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=66434#comment-312989 Those classes are likely more rigorous than whatever the non-AP alternative was and the students who scored below a 3 on the exam will probably be better off when tackling real college classes in the future than the kid who didn’t challenge himself or herself at all.

With that said, there could still be the problem of Arlington AP teachers not being able to communicate the course material to their assigned classes competently, but that would take a lot more effort to investigate than simply looking at objective test results.

]]> By: bobbytiger http://www.arlnow.com/2013/02/22/morning-notes-654/#comment-312973 bobbytiger Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:58:01 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=66434#comment-312973 A “starter home” for $ 1/2 million. Welcome to Arlington.

]]> By: AP Humor Grader http://www.arlnow.com/2013/02/22/morning-notes-654/#comment-312971 AP Humor Grader Fri, 22 Feb 2013 22:37:40 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=66434#comment-312971 2

]]> By: GC2 http://www.arlnow.com/2013/02/22/morning-notes-654/#comment-312898 GC2 Fri, 22 Feb 2013 20:27:30 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=66434#comment-312898 A lot of lawyers would disagree that some education is not a waste: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tucker-max/law-school_b_2713943.html

]]> By: snarl http://www.arlnow.com/2013/02/22/morning-notes-654/#comment-312868 snarl Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:53:07 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=66434#comment-312868 thats the kind of nonsense up with which i will not put!

]]> By: speonjosh http://www.arlnow.com/2013/02/22/morning-notes-654/#comment-312835 speonjosh Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:37:43 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=66434#comment-312835 Steve, it appears that many students do not take AP exams with the hope of getting college credits. Many of them don’t seem to even know that it is a possibility. They take the exams because it improves their odds of getting into the colleges they apply to. And like JohnB points out, colleges decide what grade to award credit for. (That’s two sentences in a row ending in prepositions for those keeping track.)

]]> By: snarl http://www.arlnow.com/2013/02/22/morning-notes-654/#comment-312784 snarl Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:26:30 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=66434#comment-312784 go blue….

]]> By: education http://www.arlnow.com/2013/02/22/morning-notes-654/#comment-312769 education Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:09:37 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=66434#comment-312769 Fail. the person to whom you posted a reply disproves your argument.

]]> By: novasteve http://www.arlnow.com/2013/02/22/morning-notes-654/#comment-312711 novasteve Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:55:53 +0000 https://www.arlnow.com:443/?p=66434#comment-312711 The new trend is for colleges to stop accepting AP credits. They make less money if students enter with some credits already. I believe Dartmouth is trying this approach.

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