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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
I think the volume probelm is kids who are hopeless because they come from homes where parents aren't/can't be involved in making sure they get education. I remember in law school learning about consumer rights laws that were really great and had real teeth- the problem was I had never heard of them until I went to LS. Point is these laws wouldn't help the people they were intended to help since those people never learned of the law.
A lot of the "different" stuff requires a parent to weigh and choose. Certainly options help when there is a parent- but in many schools there are not many parents who would do that. Hell, most of those kids/parents may not have any more knowledge of the options than they do of the consumer rights laws.
That is where standards come in. At least it attempts to make sure we aren't throwing kids into the world who can't read or do basic math.
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I'm sure that if we issue vouchers, it will wake those couch potatoes up.
