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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 09:24 PM Original message |
1 in 10 Schools Are 'Dropout Factories' |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. I agree |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. With two school age kids.. |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
3. The cycle of poverty is the cycle of ignorance |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. And the really horrible part, I think |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. And beyond experience, it's conversation |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. There was an excellent article about this in Harper's a few years ago |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 11:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. yeah, I'm sure Barbie and Ken Affluent have quite the Lyceum going on at their place... |
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NoGodsNoMasters (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 11:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Right on. |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 01:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. it's not a fucking mystery. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. This isn't "anti-school bullshit" |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
4. That's it! We've solved the overcrowding problem in our schools! |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 01:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. That is the was the Chicago Public Schools have been doing it for years |
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FREEWILL56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
6. So much for no child left behind as even more get out of the mess. |
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ryanmuegge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. The myth of an inadequate public school system is the spread privatization warriors. |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-29-07 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. Schools in our area with military installations |
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Fierce (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
14. 1 in 10 schools *IS* 'dropout factory'! |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. First thing I noticed, too: "One in ten ARE..." |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
15. That just means more billionaires looming. |
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davekriss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I'm curious |
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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
17. Arizona dropout figures disputed |
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nebula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. How many high schools are 'diploma' factories? |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
22. Clearly, some schools were left behind.... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. Why are students themselves not held accountable? |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Perhaps that's the other side of the "double-edged sword" of a compulsion, |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. how about the parents? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. An 8th grader said she was going to drop out |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Not many vocational oppotunities for an early ( 13-15 yr ) teenager is there ? |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 08:58 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Not many! |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Some may BE parents already but I don't think many studies |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
27. Dumbest excuse so far: Hawai'i Dept. of Education |
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JPZenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-30-07 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
31. Study did not take into account people who moved |
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