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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As much as we talk about the difficulty of college admissions, American high school students are not learning enough content to compete in a global market. The SAT is not rigorous and barely tests at a pre-calculus level. Our students are dropping out of STEM programs like flies, and students aren’t graduating with the skills needed to compete in the entry level market. What reforms should we make?[/quote]

Start with a focus on the basics. For example, I was truly in shock during Covid when the school shut downs impacted two years of schooling! Then, when presented with recovery funds, instead of using it to offer free tutoring or deep skills workshops, they gave the money to a Kid’s Museum in Bethesda that had some connection to the Board of Ed.

I think the social issues do not belong in the classroom. Far too much time is spent on those issues at the expense of fixing the broken academics. Funds should be used to: 
- reduce class sizes;
- increase teacher pay and benefits;
- open alternative schools for the trades and deep immersion for recently arrived non-English speaking students, as well as for alternative schools for juvenile delinquents with expert social workers, psychologists and psychiatrists; and 
- add two more G & T high schools.

Additionally, we should begin benchmarking US kids against the top international standards because even the top colleges have too much nonsense going on these days.

FWIW, I am a Dem who was one of many waiting for Kamala to speak at Howard the night of the election. But like so many others I know in the DMV, I sent my kids to private schools once I realized the system was focused 100% on equity and was not concerned with challenging my kids, who were doing just “fine.” [/quote]

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