"“For Ramon Page and several of his friends, graduating from a St. Paul public high school offered not a springboard to college but a trapdoor.
Because of his low scores on a college placement test, Page had to take developmental math and English courses the summer before enrolling at Minnesota State University Mankato and then again during first semester.
As he spent thousands of borrowed dollars before earning a single college credit, Page grew frustrated with both Minnesota State Mankato's placement system and Humboldt High School, which awarded him a diploma in 2013.‘You're allowing me to walk (for graduation), and then I'm told I'm not ready,’ the 20-year-old said.”
Is Ramon Page just a frustrated student using the St. Paul Public Schools as a scapegoat for his failure?
Not according to data from the MN Department of Education.
Their numbers show that St. Paul has increasingly high graduation rates even though its students have increasingly low proficiency scores in math, reading, and science."
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