[Erik Latranyi]

Once again, it is the school’s fault.

Thank your gov't schools for this great achievement despite increasing spending per student massively!

[pieceofthepuzzle]

This is such an insidious and endemic problem in our society, and it has to be addressed or we risk losing who we are as a nation, not to mention failing generations of children.

Consider the shocking percentages that need remedial classes, despite earning 3.0 or better GPAs in high school, and then consider the high percentage of teenagers who drop out of high school in our major cities. This is a crisis, and it isn't because the schools don't have enough money, and it's definitely not because these children can't learn.

[SharpRightTurn]

“Thank your gov’t schools for this great achievement despite increasing spending per student massively!”

Exactly.

Government runs schools just like it runs everything else—into the ground.

Who would expect any other result?

Send your child to private school or home school them if at all possible.