![]() As witnessed throughout the 2020-2021 school year, teacher unions led the charge in our government-funded and run K-12 public education system to make things worse. In other words, over 71 percent of our students lack basic academic proficiencies at the end of their 13-year K-12 schooling.Īt a time in history when more learning and skill development are needed, the opposite has occurred. history, and writing) on the National Assessment of Educational Progress tests. The Nation’s Report Card reveals that only 28.7 percent of 4th-graders, 26.4 percent of 8th-graders, and a mere 22.8 percent of 12th-graders reach basic proficiency levels averaged across seven subjects (civics, geography, mathematics, reading, science, U.S. public school students do not achieve grade level proficiency. The reality is even worse than the weak performance on average. students against other American students, states boast about their performance relative to other states, and school districts flaunt two percent gains in graduation rates. Of course, you wouldn’t learn this listening to the rhetoric coming from our political and educational leaders. students straggle in at 33 rd in math, 23 rd in science, and 17 th in reading. China’s students not only place first overall, but they dominate each individual subject as well. Those leading the way are China, Hong Kong, Finland, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, and Canada. Instead, while other countries take their K-12 education seriously, American leaders are satisfied with pumping more money into an outdated system that continues to fail students and produces mediocre results. ![]() students to perform on par with the majority of other developed nations should cause alarm, given its implications for America’s global leadership. ![]() Ingraham SeptemLearning Originally published at American Thinker Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flipboard Print Email The Bottom Lineĭumbing Down K-12 Education Keri D.
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