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Willie Wilson: Are CPS graduates prepared for college and a shifting job market? – Chicago Tribune*
"Chicago Public Schools has an 82.5 percent high school graduation rate, although only 27 percent of students are proficient in math and 42 percent in reading. ... Around 43 percent of CPS students going to state community colleges are enrolled in remedial courses."
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Ready for college? Are you serious? 90% of CPS “graduates” can’t spell graduate. Ready for college? That was the biggest laugh of the day. They aren’t even ready for 1st grade.
Willie sometimes has some crazy democrat (socialist) ideas but he’s certainly not a dope and often spot on!
How do you ger a CPS grad off of your front porch?
Pay him for da pizza!!
Willie tells it like it is. CPS has not provided students with the tools necessary to succeed in college and the working world. Kind of a depressing article because all his old fashioned elements of success are ignored by CPS, CTU, unions, parents, and politicians. This generation of CPS students have very limited chances of success.