Another year, another nationwide education disaster laid out in the scores issued by the nation’s report card.
Math scores are down, reading scores are down, every year worse than the last, as measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Our kids can’t seem to recover from the school closures inflicted on them by the teachers’ unions and their weak politician friends during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What should American schools do to turn this around?
First they must face the reality of just how bad this problem has become. Even before COVID, our schools were on a slide to the bottom.
The pandemic just let American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, with special powers awarded by the Biden administration, keep schools closed and give them that extra push down.
The disruption measurably hurt so many kids, the poorest most of all — but the collapse of American education has been in the works for decades, as schools became indoctrination factories instead of places of education.
We need to change course, and Louisiana gives us a roadmap.
Hellbound and Down 