It's Not All High School's Fault

Diane Ravitch, a research professor of education at New York University, believes that the reasons that education in America is so bad is not because high schools doesn' t educate children. It is because children who start high school are so uneducated that high school doesn't know what to do with them. According to Ravitch, nearly 70 percent of arriving freshman in high school are reading below grade level. The percentage of freshman who lack the proper skills in mathematics, science and history are huge as well.

Ravitch has several idea's on how to improve our education system. Read her editorial in the washington post to find out what they are.