[Count of Monte Fisto]

And they're not improving, the report says,

You can't fix stupid, not with a Trillion dollars and a million Edward James Olmoses

[ridesthemiles]

I have said for a very long time that schools that have 13 years to produce a person capable of being hired cannot do so, and if the car Lemon Law were applied to schools, the courts would be filled with such & none other.

It is a 13 year long pipeline and it produces crap.

[oldbrowser]

Only about one-quarter are performing proficiently or better in math and just 4 in 10 in reading. And they're not improving, the report says, reinforcing concerns that large numbers of today’s students are unprepared for either college or the workplace.

I know two boys who dropped out of high school. They can barely do simple math and their reading comprehension is grade school level.

However, they can recite dozens of rap songs with no problem.

[Bon of Babble]

You can’t pour brains in them... OR the desire to learn.

[Socon-Econ]

Kids of Asian extraction learn more, even in lower-budget schools, because they are motivated to learn by strict parenting and peer pressure.

[BobL]

NOT A PROBLEM!!!

While 99% of our schools may be TERRIBLE and adhere to Common Core, the schools that my kids go to are JUST FINE and have NONE of these problems.

How do I know - simple, I asked the teachers.