CUNY's got math problem: Report shows many freshmen from city HS fail at basic algebra: "More city kids are graduating from high school, but that doesn't mean they can do college math.
Basic algebra involving fractions and decimals stumped a group of City University of New York freshmen - suggesting city schools aren't preparing them, a CUNY report shows.
'These results are shocking,' said City College Prof. Stanley Ocken, who co-wrote the report on CUNY kids' skills. 'They show that a disturbing proportion of New York City high school graduates lack basic skills.'"
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That does even begin to tell the story of their writing skills.
And yet, somehow, most of them will still wind up making more money than I do.
Life is so unfair.
New York City public schools (for the most part) are baby sitting services. I should never have graduated from mine (because I cut class so often) but did because I had a football scholarship. Our school had 5,000 students (4 grades); if they left behind all those who should've been left behind, in four years there would have been close to 15,000 in the same school. I suspect it starts way younger than high school in NYC and for any number of reasons. I was fortunate my old man rammed catholic school down my throat prior to high school. I hated it but it's why I could read and write when I went to college (and re-evaluated education because of a single teacher, Dave Gresham--a guy who was taught by Richard Yates and Vonnegut at Iowa's writer's workshop).
I wouldn't know where to start trying to fix the mess it's become (NYC education) but social promotion sure isn't working.
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