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When faculty of a major Chinese university asked Plucker to identify trends in American education, he described our focus on standardized curriculum, rote memorization, and nationalized testing.
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This is exactly what happens when you insist on doing everything you can to bring the bottom performers up... you end up dragging down the top performers as well. No Child Left Behind means No Child Out in Front either. We need to bring back the concept of the vocational high school that is decidedly
not college-preparatory.