Almost seems like a riddle
Hmmm!
The U.S. public K-12 system with its remarkable teachers is arguably the best in the world . . .
and yet 50% of its graduating students cannot read, write, or do math.
Not just the best, the U.S. K-12 system may also be the envy of the world.
Annual poll: The U.S. K-12 education system is voted the best in the world, a unanimous vote by the other 30-plus industrialized nations.
Supporting this sentiment is the third-party view of parents and grandparents worldwide: They (passports in hand!) want their children to be educated in the United States.
Clearly, people around the globe see U.S. education including its foundational public K-12 system as a WINDFALL OPPORTUNITY.
Every young person in the U.S. has this "windfall." Embrace it or shun it, it's a windfall.
And yet 50% of all graduating U.S. K-12 public school students cannot reach minimum NAEP proficiency in reading, writing, math, or any other subject tested.
Within that 50% is a trove of unknown talent and ability, not unlike that of the top 50%. (Take a moment to look at a society’s capitalization rate.)
A societal good
This website aims to raise a limited amount of funds, $700,000 (not the massively greater costs for operations and cloud services payable by the app’s sponsor). The $700,000 is solely for hiring a presentation team—a group of experts tasked with securing a major corporate sponsor to fund implementation, thus test, the web app innovation.
Donate to help hire the presentation team. THEN SIT BACK AS THE TEAM SEARCHES FOR A MAJOR SOCIETALLY-MINDED SPONSOR!
No, the FREE-ACCESS, AD-FREE HSe social media app WILL NOT make money from families, students, aunts, uncles, or the community.
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In sum, public K-12 education in the U.S. is a best-in-the-world windfall, and it's free!
. . . but flip a coin:
The odds that K-12 students will reach even minimum NAEP proficiency in reading, writing, and math are only 50-50.
Heads.
- Nealy half of all high school graduates CAN read, write, and do math at some level of NAEP proficiency.
- Every K-12-age young person deserves this.
- It’s fundamental.
Tails.
- Roughly half of all K-12 students upon graduating from high school in the U.S. CANNOT read, write, or do math at any level of NAEP proficiency.
- Untold quality-of-life hardship and socioeconomic disadvantage awaits them and their future families.
