Amid all the talk of higher property taxes to pay for education, teacher's unions who demand more money but oppose merit pay, a needlessly burgeoning educational bureaucracy, and curricula heavy on self-esteem, sex education, political-correctness and basket weaving courses, one topic is usually left out -- the kids aren't learning anything.During their first math class at one of the City of New York's four-year colleges, 90% of students tested couldn't solve a simple algebra problem. Two thirds of those tested couldn't convert a fraction into a decimal.
