"DID she go to private school?" My daughter went to a public school for her entire education. She graduated from a school in New Mexico, where more than 30% don't even graduate, and of those who do, only about 10% ever get to any college. She spent one semester at the Univ. of New Mexico and then she started at Cornell, where her really poor quality high school education led to some hard earned C's in her freshman year. But when you go to the major leagues, you either stick it out and succeed, or you go back to the minors. By the time she graduated, she was making all A's and B's, but had realized that with all the geniuses
at Cornell, she could never get to the top academically. That led her to a more balanced life, devoting a lot of time to the swim and bike teams.
She had a lot of family support and money, more than the average student. So it is unlikely that the average student from a high school as poor quality as hers would have done as well as she did.
I do not disparage the Texas schools, but I do know that any valid measure of improvement has to result from policies and budget priorities that were in place before he got into office. As my statistics professor always used to say, "Whenever something good happens, a politician will always take credit for it." |
