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Schools Matter: High school exit exams: Who profits?

Schools Matter: High school exit exams: Who profits?

High school exit exams: Who profits?

Two letters in the San Diego Union Tribune

Addressing state education issues

Jan 3, 2011

In “The ‘impossible’ challenges facing education” (Opinion, Dec. 26) the now-former California superintendent of public instruction, Jack O’Connell, points out that “California’s economic crisis has provided a too-easy excuse for slashing of children’s services ranging from child care to pre-K-12 education and more.”

Many of these cuts will be catastrophic. But there are some cuts the state should consider that can make