Education Next – Peter Meyer
“In their continuing drive to ratchet up learning standards, New York State’s education leaders are now sounding the alarm about high school diplomas. According to a new study, done for NY’s State Ed department, fewer than half the kids in the state holding a diploma are ready for college. . . . This is what we get nearly three decades after being told our nation was “at risk” because of its mediocre public education system?”(more)