[Da Coyote]

So?

We’ve got a president who has the same problem.

Along with not being able to think, reason, or open his sewage mouth without lying.

[Sacajaweau]

If you'd go back to old school teaching instead of this new touchy feely teaching, you might make some progress.

First...get rid of head start...It's nothing more than a very expensive babysitting service. We know absolutely that it does nothing for these kids as they progress. Instead...go back to full time kindergarten with a February 1 (age 5) cutoff. And stop all this teachers aid cr** etc etc...

[Sacajaweau]

My son was put into an accelerated class for third grade. The teacher called and said he was doing lousy. I told them to take him out of the accelerated class.

He graduated 2nd in his class from Clarkson in NYS....was testing missiles for the US govt at age 27...and if I say more, I get shot

The school system should follow the lead of the kids....not the lead of what they think. Dumb...

[Din Maker]

This is nothing new for Michigan. Back in the 80’s, parents of one student sued the Redford, MI School District because their son graduated, but he could not read his Diploma. And Detroit schools have been graduating illiterates for decades.

[SkyDancer]

Should have given them Ipad/Iphone with text messaging capabilities. I bet they’d pass reading then.

[joe fonebone]

and some go on the become president of the detroit school board (guy cannot read, write or do basic math)

[MasterGunner01]

Oh, for pity sake, that Joey or Jane can't read is INTENTIONAL and not an accident. The U.S. educational system was designed by progressive socialists Horace Mann and John Dewey (after the Prussian model) to educate an elite to run things and undereducate the masses so they'd be docile drones.

Later, thanks to the professional educators and teacher's unions, undereducation or noneducation in the basics of communication — reading, writing, spelling — became the norm. Each year the ability level of a graduation class has declined because the students have NOT been taught and they are given social promotions not related to accomplishment.

[Clintonfatigued]

I expected this to be Detroit, but it’s the Upper Peninsula. I guess schools still can surprise me.

[metmom]

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