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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I believe that beginning in middle school, there needs to be a track of students who aren’t succeeding with traditional school who can opt by choice to go to a trade school in HS that will put them on a track to have gainful employment. HS would be some core subject areas paired with a heavier focus on practical classes (basic finance skills, and apprenticeships (how to open and run a business in the trades) that will lead to an alternate path. Bring back the trade schools! [/quote]

Agreed. The kids will also be happier. You can make good money as a plumber and you can start apprenticing at 17 or 18 and be set, rather than failing school but being passed on from 8th-12 grade. [/quote]

The problem is that in predominantly black areas like Baltimore, you’d have an entire city where every kid is in the alternate track. There may be a handful of kids in the entire city that are on or above grade level. It would not be enough to warrant running classes for them, but even if they did, there would be one small class of regular students in literally an entire city. I don’t see it as a problem personally because I know it would actually be a good thing for the city, but most people around the country don’t realize how bad things are there, because the city prefers to pretend that their kids are the same as kids around the rest of the country. It’s an ego thing.[/quote]

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