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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When educators in this city wax enthusiastic about closing the achievement gap, I think in terms of growing crops on the moon.  Theoretically possible, but so unlikely to happen in my lifetime that the project probably isn't worth planning for, or significant outlays.

Why can't ed reformers speak, and plan, in terms of narrowing the gap a little and leave it at that?  I'd cheer for them if they were promoting far more vocational training/credentialing of MS and HS students nationwide.  Germany does that brilliantly.   Why force algebra on all the DCPS 9th graders who didn't pass the subject in middle school?  These are thousands of kids who aren't very interested in the subject, or likely to pass it, motivating them to give up and drop out of high school.  Great.

Couldn't the kids at risk of dropping out study subjects they like, and are good at, instead, with work experience in the mix?

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This is going to sound like snark, and it, is but it's also true.

The world has enough art & angry studies majors, college loans are a yoke, and you can't outsource plumbing.  Connect the dots.[/quote]

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