Why America’s Schools are falling behind…

July 14, 2008 by Jenn Sierra
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There’s a group called Ed in 08 that wants you to lobby your legislators and the presidential candidates to direct more taxpayer money for social programs for minorities in the education system. The group claims that our nation ranks somewhere between 19th and 25th (depending on which of their ads you listen to) out of 30 nations in the world in performance and graduation rates. They claim the problem is that kids, especially minority students aren’t spending enough time in school on a daily basis, and are dropping out before they graduate. They are demanding the government fix this problem.

Here are a few reasons this approach will not work. Read more

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