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What's Going On With Schools In America Today?
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November 29, 2017
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8:06Now PlayingIn this Majority Report clip, Jack Schnieder, assistant professor of education at the College of the Holy Cross, joins the show to discuss the state of American schools today.
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---Each year, parents responding to the Phi Delta Kappan poll report high levels of satisfaction with their kids’ education. Asked to assign letter grades to their children’s schools, the vast majority of parents—generally around 70 percent—issue As and Bs. If those ratings were compiled the way a student’s grade point average is calculated, the public schools would collectively get a B.
When asked to rate the nation’s schools, however, respondents are far less sanguine. Reflecting on public schools in general, a similar share of respondents—roughly 70 percent—confer a C or D. Again calculated as a GPA, America’s schools get a C or C-.
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So which is it? Are public schools generally meeting Americans’ expectations? Or are they teetering on the brink of failure?
This may seem like an academic exercise. After all, school quality is what it is, regardless of perception. But, as it turns out, this gap in perceptions is a matter of tremendous importance.---
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