The Bottom Five Percent
President Obama has asked states to identify and turnaround or close the bottom 5 percent of persistently low-performing schools. He hasasked each federal agency to identify their bottom 5 percent of discretionary programs. And today, his Secretary of Education announced plans to cut off the bottom 5 percent of for-profit higher education training programs from federal financial aid programs. This is officially a trend with this Administration.
On one hand, it’s a relatively arbitrary decision. In many cases, there aren’t