A report by scientists and experts commissioned by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, last year concluded that children should not be allowed to use smartphones until they were 13 and should be banned from accessing conventional social media such as TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat until they were 18. No child should have a phone before age 11, the report said, and they should only have a handset without access to the internet before 13.
The College Board writes the curriculum for 40 AP courses, administers and grades the exams, oversees the PSAT and SAT, and offers a variety of free and paid resources to help prepare for the courses and tests. Many students will wind up paying the company north of $1,000 over the course of their high school career.
Thats $1k per student… I do struggle to understand how we let a private company grab the bridge between primary and secondary education but here we are. It certainly seems like the more money you have the better you do on these tests. Not exactly the meritocracy a public education is supposed to deliver.
One in 5 Gen Zers worldwide are deemed NEETs—not in education, employment, or training. The promises they received in school may be to blame.
Not sure if the fault lie with colleges in so much as society. This narrative of go to college (which one?) study (what major?) graduate (when?) and make money leaves a lot to be desired on the planning front…
Quote Citation: Preston Fore, “Over 4 million Gen Zers are jobless—and experts blame colleges for ‘worthless degrees’ and a system of broken promises for the rising number NEETs”, March 25, 2025, 4:56 PM UTC, https://fortune.com/2025/03/25/gen-z-neet-not-in-education-employment-training-higher-ed-worthless-degrees-college/
