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It's not any president's fault. I don't believe that lack of graduation is a president's fault.
You can read a book to a student, but you cannot force them to think.
If you have a student that absoultely does not want to learn, no teacher can teach that child. There are some students who are completely unmotivated to learn no matter what.
Of course I am of the mindset of flunking a student or kicking them out after a point.
However, in this thread alone there are conservatives that blame the teachers and want to put their pay directly related to whether a student can pass a test. Sorry, but that is not the answer given that there are many factors outside a teacher's control. That being the student's willingness or unwillingness to learn and parents that either care or don't care.
Teachers should not be punished for things they cannot control.
They should have chosen a different job then.