proof of the pudding is listening to their students, past and present.
in the 70’s and 80’s I did a lot of hiring, including for entry level jobs. Many HS grads could not fill out an application. They would either ask to bring it back later, or bring in a friend.
I don't do the hiring, but I do have to teach former HS inmates how to do their job. My personal favorite is teaching them how to determine parts per hour given total number of parts for this hour and last hour.
Magslinger: To determine parts per hour you subtract total number of parts for the last hour, you wrote that right here, from the total number of parts you wrote just now.
OK, write that last number on the scratch paper. Write the total number of parts for the last hour right under it. If you take seven from eight, that leaves you how many?
If you think that makes me an arithmetic teacher, you have grasped my point.