I wonder during our feverish national education debate if encouraging high school students to criticize their textbooks and even their schools might be worth a try.
High school students, on the other hand, know firsthand what is going on. Why not have them write about some aspect of their education that they think should be improved?
An essay on something wrong with their school would give students a chance to practice how to make a reasoned argument, and on a topic they care about.
Perhaps the country's most successful writing programs could add to their options a well-researched critique by students of something going on in their own schools.
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