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In his op-ed that was published on the Huffington Post, MƒA President John Ewing disputed the notion that public schools are failing to make students college-ready. Pinpointing the increase in college attendance, Ewing argues that the narrative on college readiness is blown out of proportion and that the blame should not be placed solely on public schools:
But the blame falls mainly on society, which naively set out to increase (enormously!) the proportion of students who went to college without creating the necessary infrastructure to help them succeed. A meaningless term like college-ready demonstrates that naïveté. Given the great variety of post-secondary institutions, does anyone believe we can precisely define what it means to be ready for college? Schools play a key role in preparing students for college, but so do family, friends, and culture. Students are not widgets that can be treated with some intellectual coating to withstand the rigors of college. Education is not magic.