DT> MS>CB> The public demands quality graduates--
DT> MS>CB> Schools test---
DT> 
DT> MS>    Every other producer tests its product before selling it, be 
DT> the 
DT> MS>product cars or computers.  Those manufacturers think testing
DT> MS>produces  quality, and are willing to spend many millions on 
DT> testing
DT> MS>for that reason.     And don't say education is "different". 
DT> 
DT> Kids are not products....they are not for sale.....
    Kids may not be products, but _graduates_ are.
    If a HS gets a reputation for ill-trained graduates, prospective 
employers will not buy its "product".  This has happened at the college level 
with some state colleges in Pennsylvania that have such a poor reputation 
that some companies just will not send recruiters to them.
    Schools are a service business in some senses, a manufacturing business 
in others.
DT> line....kids come out the other end very different from a 
DT> manufactured 
DT> good.  I am not a producer of a "thing."  I am an educator of an 
DT> individual.  Things on the assembly line or production line don't 
DT> have 
DT> feelings...they don't come from abusive home situations....or from 
DT> good 
DT> families...or whatever......
    Kennels also produce things with feelings.  
    They are part of a major industry that is best evaluated as a 
manufacturer of products that will be sold.
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