I just finished watching Matt Lauer interview President Obama about our country's schools. Lauer led off his interview by citing some very troubling statistics:

• 67 percent of Americans believe that our education system is in crisis
• 1/3 of students don't graduate high school
• 1/3 of high school graduates aren't prepared for college
• 35 percent of 12th graders aren't proficient in reading

Those numbers are make me gag. I'm on an education rampage. Some of the bile will end up on this blog this week.

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