Others disagree that the knowledge from education does not necessarily matter, but the credit of education does. ... Jose Lara, 17, has earned enough high school credits to be in the ninth grade. ... On his last report card he got three A's, a B and 2 C's, and he wants to attend summer school to make up the 20 credits he needs to be able to graduate next year" (Rivera and Berkeley 7). ... According to the article, "Raising the Bar" implementing education programs can improve teaching skills and Hispanic academic scores (Wells, et al. 37). ...

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The main claim that Guggenheim states is the last words printed on the screen before the credits roll, "The educational system is broken but we can fix it given time.... Guggenheim uses sources from international indices for nations and their math and science test scores. ...

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Administrators focus more on dress codes and violence prevention, than they do on test scores and how we compare to other countries. ... This plan changed the requirements for graduation by raising the number of credits needed for graduation, raising the number of required core curriculum classes such as social studies, and introduced technology and computer science. ...

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