<p>[Caleb</a> Rossiter: How Washington, D.C., Schools Cheat Their Students Twice - WSJ.com](<a href=“Caleb Rossiter: How Washington, D.C., Schools Cheat Their Students Twice - WSJ”>Caleb Rossiter: How Washington, D.C., Schools Cheat Their Students Twice - WSJ)</p>
<p>The dirty little secret of American education is that not only do half of students in high-poverty high schools drop out, but most of those who graduateas I found in my two years teaching and testing studentsoperate at about the fifth-grade level in academics, organization and behavior. These graduates must then take noncredit remedial courses should they try to go to college.</p>
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<p>The author is a high school math teacher in Washington D.C.</p>