Indeed, we do. However, the solution is not toughening requirements for HOPE scholarships.
HOPE holds out a promise of free state college tuition to all students who do well in high school.
If their teachers make it too easy to do, well, blame the schools, not the students. The shocking number of college freshmen in remedial courses underscores the need for more rigorous curricula that will bring credibility to a Georgia high school diploma. It is not only subjective grading that sends ill-prepared students to college. It's also an educational culture that does not encourage attainment at the highest levels. University Chancellor Stephen Portch gets calls weekly from superintendents who want keyboarding counted.