The grown ups have spoken and I don’t understand them us. How is it that one of the highest educated work forces in the nation is not in support of giving a few cents on the dollar to educate the future work force in our state? I have spent quite a bit of time reviewing the report Toward a More Competitive Colorado and I am disturbed, confused, and otherwise confuddled by it all.
The rankings bring up so many questions in my mind:
- How can we continually rank in the top 2 states with a population 25 years and older holding a bachelor’s degree or higher, yet rank between 25 and 35 for our high school graduation rate?
- How come our 4th graders rank in the top 10 for reading scores but our 8th graders rank between 20th and 24th?
- Could the above numbers be related to our average teacher salary running between 22nd and 27th in the nation?
- Or perhaps it’s because we rank in the 10th highest for student/teacher ratios?
As we often say in Judaism, ask 10 rabbis the same question and you’re bound to get at least 11 different answers. I am sure many different things play into these statistics and, quite frankly, all that matters to me is working to solve the problem of inadequate funding and poor results in our current education system.
Do your own research and see what you come up with. Then, see what you can do to help change things! Please, our kids are counting on all of us to just do the right thing.
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When my 12 year old brother was told by his teachers that he was reading at a 12th grade level he was smart enough to reply “Well, maybe all the 12th graders are just reading at a 6th grade level.” This statement is undeniably true in our school system.
Baylee, please encourage your brother to be a school superintendent. I really see no reason for him to finish his schooling before doing so!
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