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To: goldworldnet who wrote (344355)	1/17/2003 8:22:00 PM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Juan Williams argument on this subject is that even though the top 10% of kids in predominantly black schools go to college they drop out because they aren't prepared...... I say OK Mr Williams.......what a perfect argument for vouchers. What is Mr. Williams saying about public education? The same thing republicans have been saying. The public school system is broken. M

To: goldworldnet who wrote (344355)	1/17/2003 8:22:20 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

There are plusses and minuses to any system. I think we need to make sure every child who wants to go to college, can go to college. That would be my priority. And there need to be viable options for students who do not want to go to college. I'd like to see a lot more opportunities for learning trades.

To: goldworldnet who wrote (344355)	1/17/2003 8:26:42 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

"Under that plan the smarter kids would move on even if they had the misfortune of being in an inferior high school." I don't think that that is necessarily true. The result may not be that much different from what happens in states such as Michigan. For example, a student at a high-performing school who has a 1500 SAT score, but who finishes in the 11th percentile in his highly competitive school, will lose his spot in a state school to a person who does far less well on the SAT but finishes in the ten percentile in a much less competitive school. But the program does have the political benefit of politicians being able to say that race had no part in the plan.