Emotion-Based Schooling Is Not the Education Our Children Need - Intellectual Takeout

With an average grade of B-, the overall score isn’t so bad. Looking closer at the individual categories, however, tells a different story. - Annie Holmquist
To mark the end of the school year, Gallup enlisted students in grades 5-12 to rank their schools in a June report card...

• As the chart below shows, the higher ranking categories were in areas related to emotional support, such as racial and gender respect, safety, and inclusion.
• The lower ranking categories, however, were more in line with what school is supposed to emphasize.

Less than a quarter of students ranked the quality of teaching at their schools as excellent. 

Preparation for the future and introduction to possible careers came in at 20 percent and 17 percent respectively. 

And excitement about learning? That came in dead last with only 13% giving their schools an A grade...