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I always find these "new standards" pushes frustrating, because they do not come out of a raving sucess of the prior standards, but rather a failure thereof.

If we have so many children -- of any demographic, ethnic or racial background -- failing a standard, then the school districts aren't doing their job as it stands. FIX THAT. Fix that and raise all children do the current standard, THEN reevaluate.

Perpetuating systems that DO NOT WORK will not miraculously continue to work better at some point.

I'd like to see a show talk about the attitude and motivation of students. I was a well rounded high school student, honors student, lots of friends/activities/etc. I am shocked by what I hear from my coworker's families today: kids with every opportunity and advantage who "just aren't motivated" to do well in school. They fail classes because they do the homework...but don't turn it in. Their parents let them stay home from school for every little ache, pain and complaint.

Have they perhaps been raised with so little expectation and responsibility put upon them that they really think that's how it's going to be the rest of their lives?

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