U.S. Kids Barely Ready for College

In spite of all you read about the fierce competition among students to get into ivy league schools, the overall learning picture in American high schools is pretty dismal. Consider this: according to the U.S. Department of Education, a full forty per cent of all students entering U.S. colleges today need to take at least one “remedial” course to bring them up to a level where they can handle college-level learning. Companies like Blackboard and some state universities are trying to respond to this by making more college courses available over the internet to high school kids, to try and get them into educational “shape” for college.