BOSTON (AP) — The number of Massachusetts high school students who are ready for college is rising after nearly 28 percent of those who took the advance placement exam last year scored a 3 or higher, which is considered a solid indicator of college readiness.
That is according to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, which announced Thursday that the number represents a 2.4 percent increase from the class of 2011.
Massachusetts trailed behind Maryland and New York nationally.
The performance of minority and poor students continue to improve, but African American as well as Hispanic and Latino students still lag behind Asian and white peers.
The percentage of students who took at least one advance placement exam in high school rose to just over 39 percent last year, compared with nearly 22 percent in 2002.
Yeah , ready for stupid debt for no available jobs !!!
You’re right! They should be training to be plumbers, electricians, auto mechanics, etc. where there will always be jobs available.
Exactly..by the goverment doing everyone a “favor” and handing out loans they are starting everyone out in debt…they either needs to invest more in job placement or cap interest rates on student loans at 1%
They need to control professors wages
Then there are those of us who dedicate ourselves to succeeding instead of complaining. Yes times are tough, but opportunity is greater in this country than any other. Grab life by the horns and do it for yourself because nobody else will do it for you.
Dude I’m 42 I grabbed the bull by the horns years ago. Kids today are getting over whelmed with crazy *** debt . I feel bad for the youth today who do work their asses off, because it’s them who’ll never get ahead and inevitably be the next ones complaining how hard and tough they have it. Why ? college debt for starters. The system has kids screwed right out of high school,
The difference between the college loans we took out and the loans many are bitching about today is, we went to school for careers that were actually lucrative. It shouldn’t take a college graduate to understand that if you choose a major that has no competitive rewards, you may not be able to find a job. The job market is starving for trade professionals, medical field and engineering. You know, fields where one actually has to work. Our entitlement driven society seems shocked that success needs to be earned.
I have an architectural & civil engineering degree. But I’ve been in the construction industry for 26 plus years. Should ask around to the older generation who also have degrees and see if they work in the field of which they received their education for. I’ll bet the majority of people don’t . And regret studying what they did or wish they went to a cheaper school. Nothing wrong with those jobs you mention, but youths don’t want to start making pennies while being journey man, it’s a shame.
You hit the nail on the head Ty. They expect to walk into a senior position instead of earning it. I have been looking for a chief estimator for a while. Amazed at how little response I am getting.
professors wages , i know a few . pennies they get . the office people and deans make a ton more then that . Westfield states dean 600,000 . umass we all should know that one , up words of a million ?
it is because businesses do not teach and train any more . look at the casinos dumping it off to colleges to train card dealers of all things !!
i blame banks and corrupt politicians for the college debt . the the banks lobby the politicians then they make new laws or rules that benefit the banks !! hey it is kinda like the fed reserve that shouldn’t be in place !!!
I can agree with some of what you said , but can not elaborate right now. Working for pennies. Lol