poor education
Substandard academic preparation
Poor education refers to schooling that fails to adequately develop knowledge, skills, or critical thinking—whether through underfunding, unqualified teachers, outdated curricula, or lack of resources.
The phrase often appears in discussions of social inequality: Poor education perpetuates cycles of poverty.
It can describe either the quality of instruction or the outcomes it produces.
- illiterateCannot read or write
- reading levelText difficulty rating
- dropoutOne who quits early
- dropout ratePercentage leaving before completion
- failingFlaw in one's nature
underfunded · ignorance · disadvantaged · struggle · remedial · innumeracy · truancy · overcrowded · underperforming · low expectations · teaching to test · neglect · opportunity · barriers · inequality · functionally · achievement gap · left behind
- povertydestitution, penniless, needy, destitute, indigent
poor educationlifelong learning
Ongoing self-improvement through study
higher education · graduate education · professional training
poor, poorly, poorer, poorest, poorness, poverty, impoverish, impoverished, impoverishment