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The American dream >4 an education for all was a myth until the last few years
Even as recently as two decades 4? >. schi * 4s didn't try ti > educate every mt Since the 1950 s. the percentage of the sctmil-age pi 4xiLitn m enntiled in public sd*«>i has risen •mm 76 penvnt to 89 percent nath«iwid<and to 91 percent in Virginia In the samr time span the number gpiduating fmm high si-hool has risen from56 percent of w hite ywngsters to85 percent, from less than 25 percent <4 black ywngsurs to 75 percent
Ni * 1 <her natu wi has advanced si t niiiny 14 its children so far While approximately 80 penvnt of American children graduate fntnhtgh scfn»i the<ther drwk^ied rutin>4 the wt*1d manage in graduate only 17 penvnt
And no other natun in the vwridhasas high a literacy rate
The International Studies m Evaluated reported recently that 90 percent all American seniors can add. subtract, multipfy and divide whole numbers accurately 50 percent can apply these mathematical skills to quantitative problems
34.9%