Political Quotes

On the recordMay 11, 2009
If you don't have a dropout rate factor, then you have a perverse incentive to let people drop out.
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia

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Scott criticizes the lack of dropout rate accountability in educational policies.

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