Thank you for this! I work in the "education establishment" and am broken-hearted by what the data is screaming at us (yet many parents and community members want to sweep under the rug). I know kids and families and teachers have been through hell and back, but, my god, we must summon the courage to act with urgency. We can't relegate this generation--particularly this generation of high school students--to a future in which they don't have the skills to fulfill their great potential.
No great solutions or epiphanies to offer. Just thanks and appreciation for what you do!
I'm interested/dreading in the longer effects of this. The children and young people with marred educations are still graduating high school, and being admitted to college. I fear that when you suggest they aren't capable of advanced degrees, the requirements of those degrees will just be lowered to meet them (as HS and undergrad already are).
Laura, after reading your latest piece I'm feeling higher levels of anxiety and depression. Gotta talk more about solutions. And subsidies to students seems likely to become another racket.
Thank you for this! I work in the "education establishment" and am broken-hearted by what the data is screaming at us (yet many parents and community members want to sweep under the rug). I know kids and families and teachers have been through hell and back, but, my god, we must summon the courage to act with urgency. We can't relegate this generation--particularly this generation of high school students--to a future in which they don't have the skills to fulfill their great potential.
No great solutions or epiphanies to offer. Just thanks and appreciation for what you do!
The book you're reading is not titled Elizabeth II. The title refers to the marriage of George VI and (Queen) Elizabeth, her mother.
I'm interested/dreading in the longer effects of this. The children and young people with marred educations are still graduating high school, and being admitted to college. I fear that when you suggest they aren't capable of advanced degrees, the requirements of those degrees will just be lowered to meet them (as HS and undergrad already are).
Laura, after reading your latest piece I'm feeling higher levels of anxiety and depression. Gotta talk more about solutions. And subsidies to students seems likely to become another racket.
Um, anonymous