Some Children Must Be Left Behind

By Katherine Dalton at the Front Porch Republic (full articl here):

And for young people like Trey and Jessica, more of what has failed already is unlikely to be the fix. Trey didn't need more school. The best hope for Trey was something like an apprenticeship, where he might find work, finally, that he could do. He might have failed there too–very likely–but at least he'd be making a step towards adulthood, not locked in truant officer-enforced juvenility. He might have found some motivation to try education again. Unfortunately, at his age working rather than going to school was not legally possible, and soon, probably, it will be legally impossible longer.