Results
of the National Assessment of Educational
Progress (NAEP)
national assessments in mathematics and reading were recently released.
Suffice it to say these results were not inspiring. In fact, they were flat out
depressing, embarrassing, and abysmal.
The
gap between low and high performing eighth grade students widened
significantly. The 2024 NAEP assessment for reading and writing found the worst
8th-grade literacy rate in U.S. history. One in every three 8th-graders
does not meet basic literacy standards. Translation: one-third of
students who are scheduled to enter high school in just one year cannot read or
write at grade level.
8th-grade
math scores are just as bad, the average score being 8 points lower than
in the pre-pandemic year of 2019 and an incredible 11 points lower than in
1990. Not one state in the U.S. increased its NAEP math scores between 2019 and
2024. 48 states saw their scores decrease. Talk about going in the wrong
direction! And fast!
There
are millions of 8th graders that are "below basic" in reading, which
tells us they cannot extract meaning from words on a page. They have little
comprehension or retention, so putting a textbook in their hands is a virtually
useless endeavor. A taxpayer-funded Kindle won’t help, either.
According
to ‘the Nation’s Report Card,’ 1 in 3 eighth graders are essentially functionally
illiterate. In cities such as Detroit, Cleveland, Fort Worth, Milwaukee, and
Baltimore, less than half of 8th graders can read any but the most basic text.
“See Harper. See Harper run. See Harper try to read. See harper cry.”
Far
too many of today’s ‘educators’ care far more about indoctrinating kids into what
to think than they do about teaching them how to think. Screw reading,
writing, and arithmetic, teaching them to be left-wing activists is a higher
priority. And, of course, many of today’s teachers got into the profession to
be close to kids so that they can have a crack at having sex with them. Many
more get their jollies by referring youngsters for hormone treatments and
genital mutilation procedures…and keeping that information from their parents.
Of
course, a significant percentage of ‘educators’ are Marxists who simply want to
impart their hatred of America and Capitalism into their young charges. Many
are also zealous supporters of the LGBTQ community and have Pride! flags
adorning their classrooms in place of American flags. Some are pro-Palestine
and/or pro Sharia law. Many support fake holidays like Juneteenth and demonstrably
false curricula such as the 1619 Project and CRT. Countless college professors
teach women’s/Black/Gender/Sex studies, and eschew American History, economics,
or STEM courses.
In
the not-too-distant past, teachers were almost universally thought to be heroes.
And most were. Now, all too many are anti-heroes. Malevolent indoctrinators, accessories
to evil, fomenters of insanity, promulgaters of prevarication.
And
all that may be understatement. If you and your ilk tell some students
that they are oppressors because of their skin color, and others that
they are victims because of their skin color…and that there is nothing
either group can do about it, if you deliberately attempt to damage children-- physically,
intellectually, and emotionally—while preposterously claiming the high ground…you
just might be one of the worst people on the planet. Period.
Assess
that.
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