Like me, supporters of the University of Austin (UATX) have thought that it should be possible to enroll academically outstanding students. Indeed, sotto voce, we have speculated that, even in the first year or two, UATX would be able to match elite schools like Harvard and Williams in terms of objective metrics, such as SAT […]
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QUICK READ… Every year, American schools get their annual report card, the National Assessment of Educational Progress(NAEP), and like all depressing report cards, it is whisked out of sight as quickly as possible. The nation’s public schools are a mess. Only 37 percent of 12th graders tested proficient in reading and only 25 percent in […]
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