Schools would do well to listen to what is being asked The Seattle School District is currently way off balance. In an effort to cater to parents, the school district offers parents a choice as to where they send their kids. If a school exceeds available capacity, assignments to other schools are based on factors such as current enrollment of older siblings, a student's race at racially-imbalanced schools, and distance from home to school. With only one exception, schools begging for students last year were still begging this year. One might think the least popular schools could learn from those which parents prefer.
Schools having no problem filling seats are the ones with traditional study programs.
However, two high schools met bitter disappointment, one offering a rigorous International Baccalaureate program, the other being designated as a language-intensive international school. How much common sense is required to realize that to educate the future of America, getting back to the basics is not only what is needed to succeed, but is also the preference of parents. Quit using gimmicks, and get back to teaching good old reading, writing, and arithmetic. The views expressed here are the opinions of the morons.org contributors.