It is hardly any wonder that things never seem to improve. How can there be improvement in anything if there are nothing but excuses given and the TRUTH is NEVER even entered into the conversation? Take a look at the article below, there is not one word of truth, other than the statistics, in the entire piece. Look at the idiotic excuses offered by ‘Marybeth Gasman, an education professor at the University of Pennsylvania who directs the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions’ (what a job, she makes her living thinking up excuses for the education and parenting establishments): “And some that are in the single digits. . . . This is problematic and a school must do better by having summer bridge programs, peer-to-peer mentoring, student success centers — all focused on increasing retention and graduation rates.” “Graduation rates directly correlate with the income of...