Rahm Emanuel wants to require acceptance letters for high school graduation

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     Unironic references to "14th grade" make me shudder.

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Corporate Democrats are scum of the earth.

If a Republican proposed this...there would be phony outrage from Democrats.

I'm actually outraged now.

This is effectively saying "our high schools don't give you an education that can get you through life". Which is equivalent to admitting that they're failing.

     The thing is, high schools are failing. What amazes me is when politicians just want to shunt folks along to college as the solution rather than fixing high school. What happens when a Bachelor's degree can't get you through life (a point that we are closer to than anyone would like to admit)? Will Master's and professional degrees become mandatory?

[Associate Justice PiT]

And this was Obama's cheif of staff...

If it was Hillary's chief of staff you can bet people would use this to further castigate her but Obama largely gets a pass because he's 'likable' or something like that.

It's become startlingly clear in retrospect that Obama ran the American center-left into the ground.

     As much as it was anything Obama did, the absolute refusal by liberals to question him or his actions did not help. Sometimes you need to police your own. As a caveat, I will freely admit that Republicans routinely fail in this regard as well.

[Associate Justice PiT]

And this was Obama's cheif of staff...

If it was Hillary's chief of staff you can bet people would use this to further castigate her but Obama largely gets a pass because he's 'likable' or something like that.

It's become startlingly clear in retrospect that Obama ran the American center-left into the ground.

     As much as it was anything Obama did, the absolute refusal by liberals to question him or his actions did not help. Sometimes you need to police your own. As a caveat, I will freely admit that Republicans routinely fail in this regard as well.

The primary last year showed that Democrats with power aren't much into questioning the establishment.

     Indeed, Bernie Sanders shined a light on the many flaws of the Clinton campaign. Because he was not the establishment choice, the DNC undertook underhanded efforts to sabotage his campaign. Despite all that came out, the moment she secured the nomination over him everything that was said was expected to disappear and never be acknowledged again.

[Associate Justice PiT]

What on earth is so bad about this?  Would you rather have the high schools just jettison people out into the world with no prospects for an independent future or would you want them held accountable for each and every student's advancement potential?  The options aren't limited to 4 year college acceptance.

     The options are still far too limited, and the way to hold high schools accountable probably isn't holding the futures of their students for ransom. This will ruin quite a few people whose futures are already precarious and do little to actually fix the problems facing education in the United States. It is needlessly authoritarian with little hope for gain out of this.