The Denver Public Schools, in other words, teachers's union, is using the media to hype the fact that this past year it graduated the most students ever. Whoopee! This represents the triumph of social promotion over learning.
As any employer or college admissions officer will confirm, a large percentage of these students are seriously deficient in achievement levels. One-third of incoming college freshman require remedial courses to prepare them for college-level work and employers have been complaining for years that many high school graduates can not adequately express themselves or read instructions.
The union-run public schools are operated for the benefit of the union members, i.e. teachers and administrators, not for the benefit of students and parents, who are the customers. A county's economic prospects are dependent on the quality of its workforce. The product quality of public school output does not bode well for the future.
