Is It Okay Not To Be College Ready? #TrumpEducation Says Yes.
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This post takes a closer look at one of the areas: "College Readiness," that I shared in my post about What a #TrumpEducation Means...More or Less.
As any educator, parent, or student over the past decade is aware, the Obama administration laid out standards and assessments that required all students to be college AND career ready. Like it or not, college readiness was thrust upon all citizens. Those who felt college wasn't the path for them, were looked upon as "less than" and if they were unable to attain employment, well, that was their fault.
The problem in doing this, among other things, is that it alienated a large demographic in our country who has lost hope and who Trump has promised to help.
David Frum writes in the current issue of The Atlantic explains that as a result "The angriest and most pessimistic people in America are the people we used to call Middle Americans." "Middle-class and middle-aged; not rich and not poor; people who are irked when asked to press 1 for English and who wonder how white male became an accusation rather than a description. They are pissed off. And when Donald Trump came along, they were the people who told the pollsters, 'That's my guy.” “You can measure their pessimism in polls that ask about their expectations for their lives—and for those of their children. On both counts, whites without a college degree express the bleakest view. You can see the effects of their despair in the new statistics describing horrifying rates of suicide and substance-abuse fatality among this same group, in middle age.”
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As any educator, parent, or student over the past decade is aware, the Obama administration laid out standards and assessments that required all students to be college AND career ready. Like it or not, college readiness was thrust upon all citizens. Those who felt college wasn't the path for them, were looked upon as "less than" and if they were unable to attain employment, well, that was their fault.
The problem in doing this, among other things, is that it alienated a large demographic in our country who has lost hope and who Trump has promised to help.
David Frum writes in the current issue of The Atlantic explains that as a result "The angriest and most pessimistic people in America are the people we used to call Middle Americans." "Middle-class and middle-aged; not rich and not poor; people who are irked when asked to press 1 for English and who wonder how white male became an accusation rather than a description. They are pissed off. And when Donald Trump came along, they were the people who told the pollsters, 'That's my guy.” “You can measure their pessimism in polls that ask about their expectations for their lives—and for those of their children. On both counts, whites without a college degree express the bleakest view. You can see the effects of their despair in the new statistics describing horrifying rates of suicide and substance-abuse fatality among this same group, in middle age.”
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