What Does “College and Career Ready” Really Mean?

By Stephen M. Smith, CEO, Intellispark

Over the last decade or so, we seem to have reached a consensus that the goal of our K-12 school system is to graduate students who are “college and career ready.” But, while most educators and parents — and many like me who run education technology companies that serve educators and parents — have accepted “college and career ready” as our collective goal, we haven’t always been diligent about defining what we mean by the term.