[conservatism_IS_compassion]

A kid should simply be told the stats for students with his test scores and grades—and be introduced to the community college system if his success is questionable.

If you read the last paragraph of the story, even that is questionable:

Most . . . low-income students who start community college in remedial courses . . . won’t ever get past their remedial courses.

If college started out hard for me - and also for the only two guys who outranked me in high school, who later became college professors - what are the odds against people who start out not even being readers!

[9YearLurker]

Yeah, we’re graduating far too many kids functioning at the 3rd grade level or less. But college classes run the spectrum from hard to incredibly easy, depending upon school and subject.