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Having kids who can barely read take the SAT will do nothing to help them succeed. If anything, it will only lead to more of them dropping out. How about putting the money and attention on reading programs for the younger kids and trade skills for the high schools.

If you graduate high school and don't go to college, and also have no skills training, you are pretty much doomed to a life of poverty in this society.

I know that "tracking" students is a dirty word in the world of education policy, but these are desperate times in DC, practically a state of emergency. Give every kid a test in 9th grade. Then put them in either a college track with full support for the SAT test, applications, even a small pool of money to visit a few campuses; or put them into a technical skills track with mandatory training, including some time at an actual job site, as well as help with getting into a trade union or apprenticeship program.

by dcdriver on Mar 21, 2012 10:19 am • link • report

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