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MichiganVote

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4. Uh huh. Do you even know what the average reading level of HS students is?

Reply to Igel (Reply #3)

Fri Jun 17, 2016, 08:21 PM

Jun 2016

Or for that matter, at what level adults generally read at? Did you know, for example, that most adults read at a 5th-6th grade level?

The society is not working for lower performing students. Not the schools. Most of these students are economically behind long before they are educationally behind. Neither Charter or Public schools will fix that.

Face reality. The fact that Charter's or public schools are "just average" is entirely acceptable. Average is where most people, children included, function. "Average" will likely not place a student in med or law school but it can afford a decent job/wage.

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No surprise. Raastan Jun 2016 #1

For profit education to replace a mandated free and appropriate education. Nuff' said. MichiganVote Jun 2016 #2

It's for schools that for 3 years in a row have 5% or less of their kids testing at grade level. Igel Jun 2016 #3

Uh huh. Do you even know what the average reading level of HS students is? MichiganVote Jun 2016 #4