ACT scores: Less than half of Kentucky's students ready for college-level English

More evidence that Kentucky's public-education system is failing to adequately prepare students for college, much less the rigors of the 21st century global marketplace, are splattered on today's front page.

Notice the continued excuse-making for ACT scores which "show that less than half of public high school juniors in Kentucky are ready to do college-level work in English, algebra and other subjects."

Instead of accepting that the commonwealth is not preparing its students for the future, longtime KDE spokeswoman Lisa Gross offered two excuses:

Excuse No. 1: "Overall, the scores have not changed a great deal."

Excuse No. 2: "Other states face similar difficulties."

Gross admits that "we're not meeting the needs of minority kids for some reason," yet offers no plan for finding the reason and meeting those needs.