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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shouldn't be suprised. Many segments of our population do not value education. Only 85% of Americans graduate high school and 30% graduate college.

Of those 85% who graduate high school, how many are just pushed through?

Take DCPS for example. Many kids entering high school ate reading at a 4th grade level.

No shit.[/quote]You do realize that the structure of the economy has changed in recent decades, right?  Many people used to be able to work at manufacturing jobs with a high school education that would give them a middle class salary.  Those  jobs have disappeared and there are fewer and fewer jobs that pay middle class salaries.  Not fair to attack people who have had the rug pulled out from underneath them.[/quote]

Facts are not an attack. No college degree? The outcomes are fairly predictable. No high school degree? Well, yea, that's a no brainer, no pun intended.

We don't exactly have tax or labor policies that can compete with manufacturing jobs in China and vietnam. They pay well below our minimum wage and have very loose labor laws. That leaves only one option : education. Whining about the past doesn't change the realities of today's  global economy. The gap will widen if these large segments of uneducated Americans don't start valuing education [/quote]But no need to be so dismissive. Yes, people need to pursue education but it's not fair to describe it as if the economy has always been this way and people are just naturally lazy -- which is what your post implied because it failed to acknowledge the structural change in the economy that has brought us to this point.[/quote]

I never said they were lazy, that's what you said. I said people don't value education. Many communities are even HOSTILE to improving education. However no matter how far down you drive the class size or how many caring teachers come through thr doors, without the support of the parents and community those children most likely won't graduate and most likely will end up in poverty.

Yes, globalization has changed society. Those jobs are being outsourced  to sweat shops in countries that support exploiting workers. We don't play that game, so instead or citizens sit on welfare. As humans we are master adapters. You need to adapt or be left behind. It's basic survival.

We have yet to find a leader that will advocate for the obvious.[/quote]

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