floridians can’t read
Despite a decade of education reform, tens of thousands of Florida’s high school students don’t read well enough to survive in the work force. Just take a look at these stats:
- This year’s Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test results revealed just 38 percent of 10th graders are proficient in reading.
- About one fourth of Hillsborough County high school students – 12,088 – were placed in remedial reading classes in 2007-08.
- Nearly 35 percent of students who entered Florida’s community colleges in 2006 were required to take remedial reading.
Hey – I resent this. As a product of the Hillsborough County School System, I demand to know the meaning of the word proficient.
Reality Czech
2 years ago
Wasn’t Jeb! always youting the Just Read Florida success?
Did he really try to improve schools, or was he simply trying to steer them to failure to boost his voucher cause?
John
2 years ago
Reality Czech, you’re on the right track. John Ellis touted education reform but his reforms were ideologically based. Vouchers, testing, with-holding funds from failing schools instead of aiding them. All with a legislature that kept siphoning off Education funding for other perks and projects (Johnnie Byrd trying to nix school text books in order to get funds for his pet project at USF was a great example)
John Ellis Bush’s specialty was letting the private sector do with public money. And it always cost the state more… And while he “presented accountability” in schools with FCAT and the school grading ssytem, he held private schools unaccountable even though they were handling public money. Just like he didn’t hold other private contractors or private companies doing state business accountable.
calebism
2 years ago
Could you use smaller words please?
WP
2 years ago
Who needs reading comprehension to vote for the next American Idol or text ur bff Jill. As far as surviving in the workforce, there are plenty of labor jobs where language barriers pose little impediment to employment so I imagine those with a lack of reading skills are employable as well.
Meredith
2 years ago
As long as you can identify traffic signs and read price tags, you’re all set.
Steven Tamayo
2 years ago
the indians will work for cheaper anyway
Clyde
2 years ago
Not only can’t they read, they can’t write, spell or speak the language either! Eliminating “like” and “you know” would reduce most vocabularies by at least 40%.