Reply #103: better K-12 education, period

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I'm a teacher and I know. We have 17 y.o. freshmen who read on the 2nd grade level, can't write a decent sentence and don't know what the water cycle is. They don't do reading assignments or homework, yet they're moved up to the next grade, or kept behind until they "earn' their hs diploma at age 21. Maybe by then their reading level will be 4th gr. Or they'll dropout before then without "critically thinking" about what they'll do next.

Age promotion, not social promotion, is killing education. Critical thinking? If we could get students to read, write and do math, maybe, but until then, don't hold your breath.