Junior High Dropout Problem Burdens Los Angeles Schools
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The junior high schools are not in need of overhauling. We need to look under the hood of the elementary schools. What are students not learning in elementary schools that make all but the self-learners, candidates for failure?
Students who are given the tools to succeed do not dropout, drug out, gang out or get pregnant.
ANGIE PAPADAKIS
Rancho Palos Verdes
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