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FakeNoose

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2. High school graduates should be better prepared for higher education

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Apr 25, 2021, 10:01 AM

Apr 2021

Our high schools (in some cases) have turned out graduates that were pushed up and out too many times. The kids who aren't the best students with the highest grades are sometimes left to shift for themselves. Getting by on a C average, not really learning much, and then showing up at college expecting things to be handed to them: this is not a recipe for success.

College professors are sometimes forced to teach basic facts and skills that their students should already know, and that's not a good use of instructors' time. Why are high school teachers "Teaching to the test" and then the teachers' pay-levels are adjusted to their students' test results? Wasn't this part of the "No child left behind" program? It's not working.

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Joe Biden Wants To Make Community College Free. Can Progressives Push Him Further? [View all] DonViejo Apr 2021 OP

Community Colleges are a great start. ProudMNDemocrat Apr 2021 #1

High school graduates should be better prepared for higher education FakeNoose Apr 2021 #2

I worked for decades at a CC and witnessed as the need for remedial classes grew and grew. Gidney N Cloyd Apr 2021 #5

I was surprised the university I attended many decades ago now requires betsuni Apr 2021 #14

Not only that. Anecdotally, I've seen that CC base the need of remedial classes from standardized In It to Win It Apr 2021 #17

I'm not interested in pushing Joe. He's already doing way more than I ever hoped for. abqtommy Apr 2021 #3

Yeppers, I agree msfiddlestix Apr 2021 #7

No, this is a very good idea and a start. Some progressives want it all now...it won't happen. Let's Demsrule86 Apr 2021 #4

Push too hard and nothing gets done. BlueNProud Apr 2021 #6

It is a good start. Give Joe some time, he is not a miracle worker, only close to being one. katmondoo Apr 2021 #8

No. Biden would like four-year degrees from public schools to be publicly subsidized, but! Hortensis Apr 2021 #9

I'm very progressive and I think Prez Joe is doing fine here. Tommymac Apr 2021 #10

In my county, students can take college coursed Deminpenn Apr 2021 #11

My daughter did this xmas74 Apr 2021 #15

For our county, Deminpenn Apr 2021 #19

Has anyone paused to thank Joe yet? Hekate Apr 2021 #12

I wish that questions like this Mad_Machine76 Apr 2021 #13

THANK YOU. betsuni Apr 2021 #16

That's the prevailing belief among a lot of progressives Mad_Machine76 Apr 2021 #18