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'Our Educational System Failed': U.S. Employers Grapple with Unprepared Workers
- helpfulfrond 1y agohttps://archive.is/cXDJZ https://archive.is/cXDJZ
- toomuchtodo 1y agoDevices and social media are burning out attention spans, impairing learning and retention ability. The average college student today - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43522966 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43522966 - March 2025
- johntfella 1y agowe ignore austerity measures post 2008 to our detriment. https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead092 https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uead092
- SilverElfin 1y agoA big part of it is a lack of school choice in many states. No competition. No incentive to innovate. No accountability for results. Teachers unions that are always on strike to extract more. Politicized curriculums that are centralized by the state. It’s all just deeply broken.
- FrankWilhoit 1y agoIt did not fail. It was destroyed. And most of what we see around us today flows from that; and it is why the pendulum will not swing back.