In what should be scary as hell for the future of our country, today’s children are less likely to graduate high school than their parents.
Meanwhile, state education boards and agencies are hoping to outfox, or run the clock out on, No Child Left Behind graduation rate requirements.
And, if these state agencies are griping and stalling now, what if U.S. Education Secretary Margaret Spellings is able to push through NCLB rules changes separately tracking black and Hispanic graduation rates?
Plus, none of this even touches on the fact that our 180-day school year is hopelessly inadequate to the 200 days or more required in most countries.
Why don’t we just wrap the whole country in a bright, shiny red bow and send the whole thing to China?
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