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Nevernose

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4. Schools can be blamed for many things

Reply to Redfairen (Original post)

Mon Feb 25, 2013, 07:13 PM

Feb 2013

The drop out rate is practically the only thing they can't be blamed for. That's a decision that only students and parents can make, not educators.

And maybe if we got rid of this stupid one-size-fits-all educational outcome mentality. Why is every student in a state on the same college track educational path? How does that make any sense?

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