Given that it has already been tried in the Detroit area, and has resulted in the state of Michigan arguing that "literacy is not a right" [1], there's no reaso

Given that it has already been tried in the Detroit area, and has resulted in the state of Michigan arguing that "literacy is not a right" [1], there's no reason to see that as a good thing. When a school system so utterly fails the students that 18-year-olds cannot read, expanding such a system is beyond incompetent. Trying to change the status quo is only a good thing if you are trying to change it in a positive direction. [1] http://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2016/11/21/state-michigan-says-literacy-not-fundamental-right/94218364/ http://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2016/11/21/state-m...