"The recent increased federal involvement in the nation's public schools
is having the perverse effect of driving up dropout rates as school administrators try to pump up their high-stakes test results
by getting rid of struggling students. At the
same time, the government's support for programs designed specifically to train youngsters and enhance their employment opportunities
is vanishing."
ABSTRACT - Bob Herbert Op-Ed
column says recent increased federal involvement in nation's public schools is having perverse effect of driving up dropout
rates as school administrators try to pump up their high-stakes test results by getting rid of struggling students; says government's
support for programs designed specifically to train youngsters and enhance their employment opportunities is vanishing; says
most obvious and immediate effects of this disconnect from both educational experience and labor market are increased rates
of crime, drug use and gang membership; says less obvious but most tragic effect is failure of healthy young people to realize
their potential to live satisfying, constructive lives (M)
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