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Reference: Denver Post, today Okay, I think these are great ideas. Particularly the one about testing students at the end of 10th grade, and from there determining if they would be better off going to a trade school/community college or staying in high school to eventually go to university/college. It's been 10 years, but I clearly recall students who really were in school because they had to, either because of parents or to get the diploma. PLENTY of students I went to school with never went to university/college, and ended up getting retail, construction, or other blue collar jobs. Allowing them out early would remove some of the students who cause problems now in school, AND give them a career path earlier that really should fit them better. And that's not to say that they can't go to college, just that they would have the option of short-circuiting to trade school/community college. Germany has a similar setup - you go to a trade school, finish normal high school, or go to a university-prep high school. I think it makes a lot of sense, and hope to see it in Colorado someday.