In this thread: a menagerie of horrors from Tony Wagner & Ted Dintersmith’s “Most Likely to Succeed” — starting w/ a UCLA grad who moved to Nicaragua so he could afford to pay off his U.S. student debtpic.twitter.com/0DNUT898ol
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In this thread: a menagerie of horrors from Tony Wagner & Ted Dintersmith’s “Most Likely to Succeed” — starting w/ a UCLA grad who moved to Nicaragua so he could afford to pay off his U.S. student debtpic.twitter.com/0DNUT898ol
20% of college *graduates* can’t correctly perform basic math operations. Two thirds can’t read a complex book & comprehend what they’ve read.pic.twitter.com/gxbEq9gDts
U.S. colleges are incentivized to advertise themselves to prospective students they would never actually accept, because dismissing those kids demonstrates “selectivity” & boosts their USNWR rankings.pic.twitter.com/ppVUzC3A6m
Some employers continue to turn down highly qualified & experienced candidates on the basis of SAT scores earned decades prior — scores that are very effectively gamed with extended-time exemptions & test-prep tutors that only affluent families can affordpic.twitter.com/dPVi8KMAbX
Lectures have minimal effect on scores. One-on-one tutoring is a different story.
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