Boo Radley
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What's your opinion on where those "disconnects" are? Very important to figure out what these are. Too many students are unprepared for college, and I don't mean just academically, although there is that. They are also too intellectually and emotionally immature to do the work.
Remember "Why Can't Johnny Read?" That was a generation ago.
Parents and legislators don't see all the factors that lead to success. Too many try to focus on one reason, and usually that doesn't include their own role. The pressures are focused in the wrong direction. As an educator, for example, I don't mind being held accountable or being assessed. I mind being held accountable for is not my job. Students are not shoes. This is a human profession and not like math. Each connection is different. A teacher who can reach one, is the wrong person for another. It's the nature of human relationships. And when we start off with the mindset that teachers are not to be respected, the effort becomes more difficult. I would encourage everyone to watch what students are saying as recorded by PBS. I have a link in the education section. There responses are surprisingly good.
And yes, students today are too often emotionally immature, but the push by parents, legislators and school boards are to move them into college at younger and young ages. Look duel enrollment. I listen to one board meeting where it was discussed about how they could make sure students got an AA before graduating from HS. Remember, pressures effect jobs, and what is pushed for will happen, no matter how ugly it really is. Passing students along was never an educators push. Parents began the push, and administrators and even politicians picked up on it.
As a country we've been working on this a long time. Politicians have been running every popular public effort imaginable, and yet with no results. While there would be better results if those in the field led the reform, the fact is the problems are large and the causes multiple. The more we try to make a simple solution, the further we get from the solutions.