I was recently at a business seminar and one of the topics was a discussion/review of the Educational Testing Systems (ETS) research findings on the state of literacy in this country. Alarmingly, their findings indicate that this generation of high school aged adults will be less educated then their parents.
Let me say that again, this generation will be less educated then the previous generation. To me this is shocking. Although I’ve seen first hand the current public school system and the disparities within the various communities/schools – I’m still reeling from the thought of the short and long term effects of this finding.
Fortunately, many of you reading this blog will probably be able to say – “Whew, that doesn’t apply to me,” because your little Johnnie or Susie is doing quite well in school. However, the fact of the matter is that your neighbor’s children just down the street or across town are not faring so well. And guess what? They are in the majority. In other words, more than two thirds of our nation’s children are NOT being taught basic literacy skills. No wonder the US has dropped to number 11 in the world in terms of education.
In addition, as so many of our young adults slowly slide into this “black hole” of being inadequately prepared both from an educational and economic perspective - do we really believe that this problem will just go away on it’s own? I think not. It will only grow worse in ways I’m sure we can’t even fathom as yet.
I’d like you to watch the video from ETS and then share your comments/thoughts concerning their research or anything else that comes to mind.
Stay tuned…I have more to share after you’ve had an opportunity to watch the video.
ETS VIDEO
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