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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a CTE teacher [b]it’s amusing that people think we should have students that can’t read or do math[/b] in our programs. Most careers are technical with exams to pass. Kids absolutely need to be close to grade level in basic reading and math skills. Most of what these courses do is not hands-on. It’s prep for career exams.[/quote] Is it though? Maybe your kids in your class are fine, but: - as recently as 2009, the overall rate of adult illiteracy in D.C. was 36%. Think about that: More than a third of D.C.’s adults could not read. Gentrification pushed many of D.C.’s illiterates into PG and other lower-cost areas. But the fact remains: These adults were the product of our public schools in this area. They either dropped out, or “graduated” without the ability to read, due to social promotion. You really should not try to minimize the enormity of the crisis in public education in our area, including the once-great MCPS.[/quote]
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