Tuesday, February 10, 2004

Diploma Mills

Here’s the headline, as it appears in the New York Times. “Study Says U.S. Should Replace States’ High School Standards." The study is the work of three organizations, the American Diploma Project, Achieve.org, and the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.

I didn’t spend much time reviewing the, I’m sure, august staffs of the above organizations, but based on their dogooder goals, I’d wager most of the staff members are ex-teachers or administrators diligently working together to maximize the power of the schools with the stick of the state.  Reading the NYT column though, I did notice the project did get one thing right,

"The report charges that employers and postsecondary institutions “all but ignore the diploma, knowing that it often serves as little more than a certificate of attendance,” because “what it takes to earn one is disconnected from what it takes for graduates to compete successfully beyond high school."

Via the Mises Economics Blog.

Posted by John Venlet on 02/10 at 04:01 AM
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