Over the decades, its system has helped countless students improve their test scores, and Kaplan wants to take its reputation for success to broader fields.

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Charter schools routinely push out low-performing students, dumping them and their low test-scores back into the traditional public school system.

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The goal needs to shift from one of making a system that teaches children a curriculum more efficiently and getting better test scores to one of making the system more effective by inspiring lifelong learning in students , so that they are able to have full and productive lives in a rapidly shifting economy.

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