Educational Attainment Analysis

The textbook says that the quality of our nation’s schooling is the most serious educational issue confronting our society, and I agree. In 2014, the Global Index of Cognitive Skills and Educational Attainment ranked the United States 14th (out of 40) in cognitive skills and educational attainment. The nation’s school children are showing little to no improvement in the core studies and reading levels over the past 40 years. There are numerous ways that when combined will help push our educational level of quality to the top where it belongs: we need to spend more time teaching reading and comprehension skills starting at four years of age, we need to make pre-kindergarten mandatory in all schools, and we need to implement more fun technological learning in lower elementary grades. Our teachers need to make more money, and they need more continued education on what is working, new technology available, and …show more content…
Poor academic grades, problems with the English language, pregnancy, drugs, gangs, and needing to work to support family are some of the biggest reasons students drop out of school. Dropping out of school increases a child’s chances of being incarcerated and decreases their chances of earning a livable wages. Some children age going to drop out no matter what is done to try to keep them in school, but there are things that can be done to help the ones that want to stay in school. For those who need to work to help support their family, a half school/half work day or an option for them to take high school classes mostly online or at night will help them get a high school diploma while earning money for their family. These same options would help a pregnant teen or young mother along with free or subsidized childcare during their schooling time. Identifying, early intervention, extra tutoring and teacher mentoring will help students who are academically at risk for dropping