?I can honestly say my high school didn't prepare me for college. I was getting my butt kicked in college. I didn't have a proper background.''
?Richard Mohammed, Recent Graduate of Bucks County Community College
"Diploma in Hand, but Unprepared for College," The Philadelphia Inquirer
5,000 - 6,000
The number of words children learn in their first five years of life
"Study Finds Sudden Insights Key to Learning Words," Education Week
* This quote does not necessarily represent the views of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute