The Nation's Report Card

Like all, I am shocked to see these stats, but I could not stop thinking about two things.

1) Are media literacies taken into account? Knowing full well that there is a degree of reading involved in one's interaction with a computer, i think that there is an aspect of comprehension that may not be taken into consideration.... How's that for denial dispite the fact that my Grandfather could only read box scores in the newspaper and atleast once a month, i have to read ingredient lists for people at work, who susposedly forgotten their glasses (which are often infront of their eyeballs)

2) (looking under the surface)Is there no better way to see the gulf between classes widening? I feel with more and more families are having trouble making the ends meet, this a reflection of the type of schooling that most people can afford. Considering this is public education, the under-funded school seems to make up the majority of schools whereas the numbers in economically affluent neighborhoods are hold no effect of the medium.