Wednesday, March 23, 2016
America's High School Graduates Look Like Other Countries' High School Dropouts
America is said to be one of the greatest countries in the world, but in many aspects especially in education, we're falling behind many if not all other industrialized countries. The jist of this article is that in literacy, math, and technology skills America is looking quite bleak as compared to many other countries in terms of simple, basic, functions for every day life or skills that are necessary to be successful human beings. The caveat is for those individuals who attend higher education. However, the bigger question is, how is this happening? Why is our education system failing our youth? I'm not saying that students have to come out of high school knowing as much as someone who has gotten their masters or a PhD, but they should have basic literacy, math, and technology skills in order to function in today's world and be successful. I would say that this is because of the difference in standards between each state and the overall standard in which we are holding our students as compared to other countries. This article provides further explanation and more details about the differences between the states and their standards.
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I think there are a lot of reasons our students fall behind in the U.S, but I think one of the biggest has to do with everything else students are dealing with that are often ignored. I think we do a really poor job of supporting people and communities and helping people meet their basic needs, which means they're probably not going to care about learning in school. We also allow the poorest communities to have the least amount of access to resources and quality instruction, creating a greater gap between the highest achieving and lowest achieving students. There's often not really space an opportunity for students in poorer communities to excel even if they are doing well.
ReplyDeleteI think Kim hit the nail on the head, we aren't taking into account the personal lives of these kids that affect how they learn. There is such a huge disparity with education spending and resource allocation and those high in the education system are labeling the inequality as a fact instead of a problem that needs attention. With all of the school dropouts and social issues that kids face these days, who is actually trying to help when all teachers can think about is getting high test scores submitted?
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