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I don't think it's just parents pushing for this, I think it's all of society. For example, as part of NCLB, every high school junior in Michigan takes the ACT as their standardized test du jour. When they first announced that, I thought that was crazy. The ACT is geared toward college bound students, not ALL students. It is crazy that all juniors have to take it, even special ed kids who clearly are not able to succeed on it.
With regards to the unemployed though, we do have record unemployment all over. Of course this is affecting these new grads. There is only 1 job for every 5 people who are looking for one. I know plenty of baby boomers with masters degrees who are also unemployed.
I find it interesting, preciousjeni that you see education without experience as a no go because our districts here are trying to get the older teachers to retire (with early buy out packages) because they can hire 2 new grads for the same price as one older teacher. The more older teachers they can get to retire, the more staff they can keep/hire.
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