Here is an article written by a Texas businessman and former legislator complaining that young people in Texas are woefully underprepared for college or the workplace.
The answer: more testing and accountability.
He fails to note that Texas has been pushing that testing and accountability thing for at least 20 years. Remember Ross Perot? Remember the Texas miracle? The whole country is stuck with NCLB because of all the “Texas Brags” that turned out to be all hat and no cattle.
Some people say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting to get different results.
I’d say that the definition of ideology is doing the same thing over and over again without regard to evidence or experience.
When your method fails, and fails, and fails, and fails, don’t blame the kids. Blame the method.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Can’t learn? Did he go to a public school?
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That comment was meant to be snarky.
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Possible a KIPP military charter chain?
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Rod Paige and crew really suckered us. Now we’re the suckers. The real miracle here is not the Texas kind, but the fact that we’re still wedded to this horse nonsense; 12 years and the results keep getting worse. Now, did Billy learn through tests and more tests? Probably not. So why does he think testing is the answer?
BTW- I thought Paige had been thoroughly discredited. So why would Mitts appoint him as an educational advisor to his campaign? No Advisor Left Behind?
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Too bad that website doesn’t have a comments section.
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Love you Diane! Thanks for keeping it real.
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