re: What percent of students is fair and reasonable to fail a core high school course?

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I would say 20% is a fair and reasonable percent of a high school teacher students to fail the course

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I would say your expectations are extremely low.

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I’m really specifically talking about core courses.

Especially considering out of that 20%, I would say half of them are failing all, or at least most, of their classes.

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Well, when I was in HS if you failed any of the state curriculum required, or "core" classes, you had to repeat the grade. Or go to summer school and pass the failed class. So what's the difference?

Also, seriously, what makes you feel that 20 percent is an "acceptable" rate of failure? I feel like that kind of attitude toward education has had tremendous impact on wider society, in this country specifically, over the past 40 or 50 years.