Many public school graduates aren't college-ready, report says

St. Louis Today, COM ^ | 16 September 2003 | Carolyn Bower and Alexa Aguilar

[shrinkermd]

Less than half of the nation's public high school graduates have taken the classes they need to enter the least selective four-year college, according to a study being released today.

The picture is worse for black students. Fewer than one in five leaves public high school with the minimum courses required for a four-year college, the study said.

[shrinkermd]

FYI

[yooper]

Are you insinuating that our public schools aren't doing their job?

[LasVegasMac]

I'm completely and totally shocked.

What an outrage!!!

What did we expect with the education sytem hijacked by the 'Lib / 'Rat crowd?

I'm sure though, that while not being prepared for higher education - or reality, these kids are well versed in the school of thought that the guv will provide all, including condems.

LVM

[jrushing]

Are you insinuating that our public schools aren't doing their job?

50% of students entering college in Louisiana must take remedial courses!
The government schools give the gift that lasts a lifetime.

[goodnesswins]

In 1989 the TOTAL TREASURY INTAKE was about $980 BILLION....today, the Department of Education has a budget of about $786 BILLION.....did we get our money's worth? /sarcasm.

[dawn53]

Many homeschooled kids we know are taking advantage of "dual credit" programs offered by local state and community colleges.

http://www.spcollege.edu/ac/dc/#DC

My 15 year is enrolled, taking 15 hours and the tuition is free.

By the way, he thinks his college classes are easier than homeschool, and I think I'd have to agree. Because he only goes to each class a couple times a week, he thinks it's much easier than homeschool where we did every subject, every day.

So far College Alg has been just a review of things he learned in Saxon Alg II. Composition and 1300 word papers seem easy to him compared to the 2000 word research papers he used to be assigned, and his other courses like Oceanography and Spanish have been very straightforward and somewhat basic.

[Tribune7]

We must spend more money. Think of the children.

[Zipporah]

School reform (outcomed based education) has totally destroyed the education system in the US. We've hit rock bottom.

[mrs tiggywinkle]

homeschool bump :o)

[mlmr]

Of course they aren't ready for a four year college. Not many people are...there are people who graduate from highschool and they change your oil, work in daycares, sweep out stores and clean houses. Menial labor. There are people who are not prepared or want to much more than this. Those are all different ways to work. To expect a four year degree out of more than twenty to twenty five percent of the population is ridiculous.

I read recently that one out of four adults are taking some sort of educational class. Talk about educational industrial complex!!

[Lizavetta]

Less than half of the nation's public high school graduates have taken the classes they need to enter the least selective four-year college, according to a study being released today.

What needs to be shouted from the rooftops is that even if they HAVE taken the classes, they're still largely unprepared; try finding a public university today that DOESN'T have remedial math and English classes for those 'college-bound' youths who miraculously got in. Thank the dumbed-down, feel-good, grade-inflation high schools for that.

And the concept that most or even half of high schoolers SHOULD go to college at all is ridiculous. It's like saying most graduates should go into the waitressing field, or learn to weld. College today is oftentimes an extension of adolescence and a deferral of becoming self-sufficient, NOT a quest for knowledge and wisdom.

[Podkayne]

An interesting article published in the 1970's stipulated that the drop in SAT scores and the dumming down of American education correlated exactly with the birth years of babies exposed to nuclear testing fallout. After the above ground nuclear testing was stopped it took a period of time for SAT scores to show any improvement.

The effect of nuclear fallout on brain development was cited as responsible for behavioural problems and learning disabilities. The western and midwestern states were the most affected.

[nonsporting]

"...drop in SAT scores correlated ... to nuclear testing fallout."

I submit that the drop is due to an exposure to an even more toxic "substance"--socialism. We see a deadly concentration in human engineering test cites (LA, SF, NY, Chicago, Boston, ...) and it spread from there.

It is most recently being treated at the family unit level by "containment engineers"--homeschooling parents. The prognosis--hopeful.

[goodnesswins]

And, YOU believe THAT? (Where do YOU live?)

[SpookBrat]

No time to read right now. Be back later. :)

Bumping

[mrs tiggywinkle]

**It is most recently being treated at the family unit level by "containment engineers"--homeschooling parents. The prognosis--hopeful. **

BUMP!

[mrs tiggywinkle]

**An interesting article published in the 1970's stipulated that the drop in SAT scores and the dumming down of American education correlated exactly with the birth years of babies exposed to nuclear testing fallout. After the above ground nuclear testing was stopped it took a period of time for SAT scores to show any improvement. The effect of nuclear fallout on brain development was cited as responsible for behavioural problems and learning disabilities. The western and midwestern states were the most affected. **

Bwahaha...WHERE did you read that?