A couple of more years of “Common Core” and we can get that percentage up to 50% or even higher. Truly creating a citizenry of mindless robots to do the work of their elite masters.
At 75 NYC schools, all the students in at least one grade recently failed the state math or reading tests .
At roughly a quarter of city schools, at least 90% of students failed the exams.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/75-city-schools-excel-failure-article-1.1915473