78% Of North Dakota High School Kids Aren’t Ready For College
Not good.
Three of four North Dakota 2008 high school graduates are not ready for core college courses, according to data released Wednesday by ACT Inc.
The ACT college entrance exam shows
76 percent of North Dakota students aren’t ready for college English composition, algebra, social science and biology.
This compares to a national average of
78 percent who aren’t prepared.
So who do we blame?
How about we start with the teachers who are so thoroughly failing our kids despite making (according to released teacher pay information) on average more than the average North Dakotan (for working only about 2/3’s of the year). Then we can move on to the politicians who seem to think that the only solution for education woes is to spend more tax dollars.
Because this is the reality: The modern high school student has more resources available to them than ever before. Extensive libraries. Computer networks. Resource centers staffed with teachers who are there exclusively to assist them with their studies.
If these students aren’t ready for college despite all that it speaks to problems in our education system that go far beyond teacher pay and school funding.
