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Bill Gates has declared American high schools "obsolete." In a Feb. 26 speech to the National Education Summit on High Schools, he said "our high schools - even when they're working exactly as designed - cannot teach our kids what they need to know today."
These criticisms are not new, but the fact that America's most successful businessman is concerned about how America will survive in a world that requires educated workers should cause people to take notice. Mr. Gates went on to say he was "terrified for our work force of tomorrow."See the full content of this document
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Public Education Isn't Preparing Teens
The problems of high schools are well-documented - low graduation rates, graduates who enter college but require remedial classes, billions spent on retraining by businesses to bring employees up to a basic...
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