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As Graduation Rates Rise, Experts Fear Diplomas Come Up Short
- Thiz 11y agoIn venezuela there are more lawyers than taxi drivers so they end up driving cabs for living.
- wmil 11y agoThe Venezuelan education system produces many advanced degrees, but it's students rank terribly on international competitions. Those law degrees aren't worth what you think.
- 1971genocide 11y agoThis is so annoying. There is no shortage of things for people to do - especially if you are young. On one hand the government cannot figure out how to pay for rising education cost, healthcare cost, doing simple fixing of roads, etc. On the other hand young people who are more than qualified for all sorts of work are unable to find work - or make ends meet. Something is terribly gone wrong.
- wmil 11y agoThere's so much misplaced anger in this articles... The problem is easy to explain. Look at the school. http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/south-carolina/districts/greenville-county-schools/berea-high-17620/student-body http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/south-caro... It's 62% Black / Hispanic and 80% receiving free or reduced lunches due to poverty. People reading this article need to stop blaming the administration and admit that we don't actually know how to make a student body like this succeed. Our efforts should be focussed on discovering that, not acting surprised when issuing more diplomas doesn't improve graduate performance.