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I Realized That The Only Way To Get Into A Good College Was To Be Valedictorian Or Salutatorian. So That Was My Goal.

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Everyone Agrees That The Failure Of Our High Schools Is Tragic. It's Bad Business, And It's Bad Policy. But We Act As If It Can't Be Helped. It Can Be Helped. We Designed These High Schools; We Can Redesign Them.