Some view community colleges as remedial high school. Just another extension of the education industry. Someone here said we should beef up trade schools. I concur 100%.
Unions used to have apprentices. That went away with the right to work states. While on balance the RTW laws are a good thing, killing the apprentice programs, even with their nepotism reliance, was not.
Had to have a plumber come by to fix a faucet/pipe problem was having. I am not spry enough to get to where the connections need be made. When we finished, as I helped him with it, he said you should be working with me as you know what you are doing and know the difference between using wrench or pliers. He added he cannot find anyone who fits that bill plus will show up. He knocked a good deal off his bill for my “assistance”.
Basically, they are. At the high schools, we teachers are pressured to "find a way to let the student access the curriculum and be successful." (This means cook the books until you can pass at least 70% of your kids.) Mastery grading is the new term for "if you can get them to do it right once while you watch, give them an A and move on." We have a science teacher whose grading scale is: 25% is a D...
“Some view community colleges as remedial high school.”
Depends on the specific community college and profs.