I know the reason but I’m getting tired of nothing changing
I know the reason but I’m getting tired of nothing changing
The Department of Education has existed for 45 years. In that time, federal spending for the org has gone from $14 billion in FY1980 to $90 billion in FY2024, almost twice the pace of inflation over the same period. What has the Dept of Ed delivered to American taxpayers with this massive bureaucracy?
Failure upon failure, as the data shows. Today the Wall Street journal reports that "American kids are getting even worse at reading," at both the 4th and 8th grade levels. The efforts to federalize and wokify pedagogy and curricula have produced succeeding generations of children without the basic necessities for success in life -- or even functional literacy:
The reading skills of American students are deteriorating further, according to new national test scores that show no improvement in a yearslong slide.
The 67% of eighth-graders who scored at a basic or better reading level in 2024 was the lowest share since testing began in 1992, results from a closely watched federal exam show. Only 60% of fourth-graders hit that benchmark, nearing record lows.
The declines started before the pandemic, continued during it and have persisted since. While the lowest-achieving students fell further behind everyone else, the slides were broad, affecting students across different states, school types, races and economic backgrounds.
The Department of Education has existed for 45 years. In that time, federal spending for the org has gone from $14 billion in FY1980 to $90 billion in FY2024, almost twice the pace of inflation over the same period. What has the Dept of Ed delivered to American taxpayers with this massive bureaucracy?
Failure upon failure, as the data shows. Today the Wall Street journal reports that "American kids are getting even worse at reading," at both the 4th and 8th grade levels. The efforts to federalize and wokify pedagogy and curricula have produced succeeding generations of children without the basic necessities for success in life -- or even functional literacy:
> The reading skills of American students are deteriorating further, according to new national test scores that show no improvement in a yearslong slide.
> The 67% of eighth-graders who scored at a basic or better reading level in 2024 was the lowest share since testing began in 1992, results from a closely watched federal exam show. Only 60% of fourth-graders hit that benchmark, nearing record lows.
> The declines started before the pandemic, continued during it and have persisted since. While the lowest-achieving students fell further behind everyone else, the slides were broad, affecting students across different states, school types, races and economic backgrounds.
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