Why we need immigrants!

In one meaty item in my last Irish Stew post, I reflected on the abysmal proficiencies of our high school grads: 28% in math; 34% in reading. In that same post and in comments to it, possible reasons for this were listed. One commenter pointed out that maybe it’s because parents just don’t care anymore. That’s one reason we need immigrants. Many immigrant parents care about education. They want their kids to have a better life than they had or even have now. Moreover, they take pride that the...