[ProgressiveEd] NYTimes.com Article: To Cut Failure Rate, Schools Shed Students

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To Cut Failure Rate, Schools Shed Students
July 31, 2003
 By TAMAR LEWIN and JENNIFER MEDINA 
Growing numbers of academically weak students are being
pushed out of New York City's school system so that their
failure to graduate won't tarnish schools' statistics. 
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/31/nyregion/31PUSH.html?ex=1060665069&ei=1&en=e7d508a136341661
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