The Common Core Standards are being adopted far and wide and sprinkled throughout is a new acronym that concerns educators like me.
CCR
It stands for College AND Career readiness. This concerns a lot of people for a lot of reasons. You can read what I’ve written about this here. Here are five obvious reasons not everyone should go to college:
- Many of our most successful entrepreneurs didn’t graduate from college and many of those who did question its value.
- College-ready shouldn’t be a requirement for blue collar workers.
- The artists, musicians, photographers, actors, of our world don’t need a college degree.
- College debt has surpassed credit card debt in our country. Do we need to force everyone down this path?
- High school students are given less and less choice when it comes to focusing on what they are interested in. They may need time in the world before picking a path in college. Heck ask around and you’ll see that many people who did graduate from college aren’t in the field they went to school for.
- Not everyone is, or should have to be, academically-minded.
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