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"Since it is almost impossible for a person to receive a decent job without a high school diploma, we increase the obstacles for these people to have a reasonable life quality in our society," Parks wrote. "We. cannot place total responsibility for the students' learning achievement on the students. I believe that if a school has low performance on any testing program, the first people that we should look to and hold responsible are the principal and teachers. It is their responsibility to find ways of training the children in their charge."
"Even if it were to cost as much as three times what we are presently spending to educate a pupil in our public schools," Parks argued, "the public boarding school would be worth it if it can be shown that these schools are able to produce a high school diploma for 90 percent of the enrolled students. . . . These schools would follow the models of private boarding schools. . . . They would be voluntary, arranged upon the request of the parents and the agreement of public school personnel. And they would be free, part of our public school system."See the full content of this document
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Parks, Engineer of Hub School Equity, Dies at 86
Paul Parks liked to tell the story of a conversation he had with the dean of engineering at Purdue University. Parks was a freshman at the time and had dreams of becoming a civil engineer. The dean had another idea...
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