Today, I am here to deliver bitter medicine: American education has failed. Teachers and parents, administrators and government—and even students—all bear some responsibility.
The most common explanations for our educational crisis are inadequate funding, overuse of standardized testing, and systemic prejudice. They are false.
This, in turn, lowers the quality of education for students ready for more advanced work, driving gifted students out of public schools.
The declining quality of education prompted affluent families to opt out of public schools, leaving middle- and working-class families with diminished resources and influence to push for reform.
Meanwhile, declining standards for decorum and discipline, often justified in the name of "social justice," have made schools unsafe for both teachers and students.
General education curricula often assume a need for remediation, leaving motivated students without the challenge or preparation they deserve.
Our schools are not prejudiced—the most aggressive education reforms since 1955 directly aimed to eliminate systemic discrimination.
Colleges steer future educators toward "education" majors, where coursework focuses more on leftist "social justice" ideology than on subject mastery.
Proposals to cancel student debt signal to universities that they can continue raising prices without consequence, encouraging predatory admission policies that saddle students with unmanageable debt.
Our schools do not lack funding—no country spends more on public education.
Even in innovative schools, teachers often struggle to balance the needs of non-native English speakers with those of native speakers, diluting the educational experience for the latter.
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2024/11/20/make_education_great_again_1073545.html
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