It’s good news, or is it bad news?

"Overall figures show the country has a higher proportion of qualified 19 year-olds that ever before" http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2009_0062 or it can also be seen as a quarter have no decent qualifications http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/5043917/Half-of-teenagers-missing-out-on-A-level-equivalents.html

A similar choice at primary school: where it can be said that we have seen the best results ever http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2009_0067 or that a quarter fail to make the grade http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article6018146.ece

How about diplomas? Is it that the new diplomas have reached a tipping point http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/pns/DisplayPN.cgi?pn_id=2009_0070 or that they are about to be abandoned http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/apr/07/education-funding-sixth-form-diploma and in more detail here http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/apr/07/colleges I guess to be fair the press release only speaks of a tipping point having been reached not of what its tipping into.