There does seem to be a problem in some places with grade inflation and pressure to push kids along who may not be learning what they need to know. I am no expert in education but it had been my impression in recent years that this was being addressed with standardized tests. I may be wrong.
When I interview people for jobs in my office I am often astonished by the lack of education. I recently had a resume on my desk for a woman who was applying for a medical assistant job and in the cover letter for her resume ( a document that should have been spell checked and edited ten times before she sent it out to 100 employers) the word assistant was spelled three ways – asistant, assistent, and asisstint. Needless to say I didn’t even interview her. i just sent her an email explaining that this might harm her in her job search and she might want to correct it. I got no response to my comments which also says something in itself.
There are great kids out there getting a very good education, but there are certainly some who are getting degrees they dont deserve