In response to a message to Dan on ...
CB>succeed at a much higher rate than ours do, I think that 
CB>there was a vast difference in attitude at home towards 
CB>education. So many of our parents see no value to education 
CB>that our students often reflect that. 
I work in a poor, rural area where unemployment still hovers at 
around 10% and we see the same factors coming into play.  There's 
only one way to break the cycle - set academic standards in schools 
that refuse to allow students to move on to a new level (grade 
level?) until they are successful at at the earlier level.  There's 
no excuse for seniors in high school to be reading at a 3rd grade level.
Chuck Beams
cbeams@dreamscape.com
http://www.dreamscape.com/cbeams
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