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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Oh, I see - so if the local economy is nothing but coal mining, kids won't really need anything beyond 5th grade math and language skills. So let's just screw them out of any higher potential or better opportunities, shall we? [/quote] Part of the problem has nothing to do with education. It has to do with the fact that people in coal mining are not paid enough. Would you say we were screwing them if they got paid $100K a year (which seems to be the middle class now)? Would they be screwed if they got health care and decent housing and career promotions and free community college if they desired to continue in school? Maybe NCLB can't do it all. Maybe there are deeper structural challenges in the economy that testing in grades K-12 cannot overcome. Maybe NCLB is a bandaid and we need a new leg. [/quote]
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