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If you have more questions after reading the linked article then go research it.
Don't go asking questions and expecting others to research it for you.
Go do your research and post results here to either back up the OP link or debunk it.
My link backed up what the OP posted and also encompassed the nation as a whole.
OECD reports show the US is falling each year in global standing in Math/Reading.
CC's cannot refuse admission to anyone with a HS diploma or GED.
For 12 years kids are pushed to go to college regardless of their academic grades.
Don't have the luxury of time to do that kind of research on my phone while commuting, sorry.
What percentage don't go to any college at all, and fail even at the minimal levels established by community colleges? It is a pretty sad review of the performance of our educational system.
Without knowing the percentage, this post is nothing more than a strawman opinion post.
How long did you want the OP tiltle to be? You want the entire thread in the OP so you'll stop bitchin?
Well the title implies that high school grads don't have the basic skills to get into community college. That is a false statement because it implies all high school grads in nyc.
Without knowing the percentage, this post is nothing more than a strawman opinion post.
Knowing background information helps to understand this post better.
If you don't have the background knowledge then don't be so quick to dismiss this.
Others have been following the state of K-12 education for a while now.
Well the title implies that high school grads don't have the basic skills to get into community college. That is a false statement because it implies all high school grads in nyc.
You have been corrected by several posters, including me that the figure is not for all NYC HS graduates.
And yet you continue to ASSUME it is.
Knowing background information helps to understand this post better.
If you don't have the background knowledge then don't be so quick to dismiss this.
Others have been following the state of K-12 education for a while now.
Without having the background knowledge then don't be so quick to assume it is a correct statement.
You have been corrected by several posters, including me that the figure is not for all NYC HS graduates.
And yet you continue to ASSUME it is.
The title of this thread is incorrect. It says nyc high school grads, not the nyc high school grads that apply to community college, which would be a more accurate statement. There are plenty of nyc high school grads that apply to universities that do have those skills.
Typically anything that makes such a bold claim as 80% of something is typically incorrect and a cherry picked fact to stimulate outrage.
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