magic bullets

with regard to "focusing resources on students who are most at risk"

there is a danger in focusing resources on specific problems, and that danger lies in diverting resources from other areas; after which they become "problem areas" them selves.

if resources are limited, vaccines are a better investment than symptomatic cures.

we need to move all students further from the precipice of dropping out. it might be a mistake to focus too much only on the students closest to the edge.

the same strategies that will supposedly "save" the at risk, are a tide that will lift all students and should be applied universally, not just at the tip of the iceberg.