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Commission Recommends Major Changes in SchoolsA panel of education and business leaders convened last week, urging an overhaul of the U.S. school system that would end high school at 10th grade for some students, raise starting salaries for teachers, and scrap conventional teacher pension plans in favor of other benefits such as 401(k)s, according to an AP report. The Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce was organized by people who launched a group by the same name 16 years ago. That commission made a series of recommendations that included a push for states to develop achievement standards and stepped-up training for high school graduates going directly into the workforce. The current commission includes former education secretaries Rod Paige and Richard Riley; former labor secretary Ray Marshall; former Michigan Gov. John Engler; and Joel Klein, chancellor of the New York City schools. Under the new group's proposal, students would take exams after 10th grade that would determine whether they should move on to community college or stay in school and study for more advanced tests that would prepare them for four-year universities. The report also recommends putting independent contractors in charge of operating schools, though the schools would remain public. States would oversee the funding.
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