According to a recent article in the Washington Times which indicates that scores show students aren’t ready for college, only 25% of students cleared all of ACT’s college preparedness benchmarks. This says that 3 out of 4 graduates are not prepared for college and will likely need to take at least one remedial class. This is appalling!

Not only are six of seven American adults not “proficient” at math (as per an article on why American consumers can’t add), but one in four can’t even handle College level English! (Despite the fact that at least four in five households speak English as a first language!)

How did public education get so bad? And how will we ever solve the talent crunch without more highly educated graduates?