Yesterday, one of the leverage points I suggested was alternative education paths to the traditional high school/college path. It's not a new idea... just one that was abandoned by most school districts. The charts below depict the
education failure rates for those
school districts. I point the finger at the districts because they have not responded to the real crisis in American education... almost 1/3 of our children
do not receive an education that prepares them for adult life.
Rather than being prepared for well-paying trades or crafts, we allow our children to simply walk away from the educational system. That's
education failure in a nutshell. And, if present statistics remain unchanged by ethnic groups, the growth of our minority populations will heighten the problem.
Click on the graphs below to see the data details.
