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With soaring costs and double-digit truancy, increasing illiteracy and steadily falling Scholastic Aptitude Test scores, many American high schools are clearly in trouble. This week's cover story examines the plight of U.S. secondary education today and profiles three high schools not burdened with the special, severe social...
Of all the areas of concern about U.S. education, only one is showing some improvement. The dropout, who was a great worry in the alienated, rebellious 1960s, is no longer so common. The percentage of high school students who quit before g graduation has fallen to about 25%, down from...
In a way, though, the red-headed native of Brunswick, Ohio was getting acclimated to the Crimson system as a schoolboy at St. Ignatius High, where he blocked for future Harvard quarterback Jim Kubacki. His senior year in high school, Benninger and Kubacki were co-captains of a team that...
Faculty members at the University who were reached for comment yesterday agreed with the findings of the roll, saying that Scholastic Aptitude Test scores, a common index of academic preparation for college, have remained virtually constant at Harvard, in contrast to the downward trend nationwide.
In your article on falling Scholastic Aptitude Tests scores [Sept. 5], you suggest that one reason for the decline in these scores might be decreased motivation among test takers as opportunities for getting into college have widened. I suggest another reason for this presumed lack of ambition. This December I...