Source: Town Hall
by Stephen Moore
“School’s out for the summer, so now it is time to examine the state of our education system. By any objective measure, our school performance is fair or poor for most children. Math scores hit a 20-year low. ACT scores dropped to a 30-year low last year. In dozens of schools throughout the country, not one child is reading or practicing math at grade-level proficiency. Not one! Some of this poor performance is due to the unforgivable mistake of shutting down our schools during COVID-19 — despite children being less vulnerable to the virus. But our schools were in long-term decline BEFORE the pandemic. One of the world’s top education scholars, Eric Hanushek, recently issued a report on the 40-year anniversary of the famous federal study published in 1983 called ‘A Nation at Risk.'” (06/18/24)