Students walk through the hallway at a high school during the first day of classes in September 2021 in Novi, Michigan. Photo: Emily Elconin/Bloomberg via Getty Imagesby Populace reveals.There's new pressure to change the existing model. Preparing students for college has fallen from 10th highest priority to 47th.
Americans perceive that society places a lot of value on schools preparing students for college. In reality, people rank that goal toward the bottom of the list. Respondents were asked to make trade-offs between educational goals and outcomes. Then they were asked how they thought most others would choose.
I don’t know what parents the study talked to, but I started teaching in 1968 when children came to school ready to learn. Over the years I’ve seen a big change w many children unprepared w parents expecting school to do all the work.
Segregating schools by race would help a lot.
These disparities will continue if some States keep whitewashing American History.
2 is generally what high school does, particularly in humanities/social sciences. ‘STEM at all costs!’ has damaged this. 1 and 3 are just *basic* parenting, little to do with school. No wonder America is so broken.