City student passes 3 classes in 4 years, ranks near top half of class with 0.13 GPA

Tiffany France thought her son would receive his diploma this coming June. But after four years of high school, France just learned, her 17-year-old must start over. He’s been moved back to ninth grade.

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The good news: he’s doing better than many.

Maybe the purpose of public education is not to empower minds but to condition them. That’s not quite the same thing.