Education in America

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The month of May brings us flowers and Mother’s Day, along with high school and college graduations. What better time than now to discuss the state of education in America.

There is one word I would use to describe it — failing.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) tests 15-year-olds worldwide in math and science. The last time they administered the test was in 2018. In 2018 the U.S. placed 11th out of 79 countries in science and 30th in math.

Math scores in the U.S. have remained virtually the same since 2003. Science scores have not changed since 2006.

Have you ever wondered why that is? Can you imagine the United States being ranked 11th in basketball, baseball, hockey, or any major sport in the Olympics? We wouldn’t stand for it. Yet somehow, as a nation, we don’t get upset about our dismal showing in the realm of education.

Let’s look at reading: 66 percent of students in America can’t read at grade level, according to a 2019 reading assessment by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The last time I looked, that was a failing grade.

All of these scores are before COVID. Everyone knows that the extended closure of schools in many states like California due to COVID has put students further behind.

I submit the reason for dismal education in America is that too many of our schools — particularly in liberal-controlled cities and states — are more concerned about indoctrinating students on gender issues, critical race theory and climate change than science, math and English.

If you watch the news, hardly a day goes by where some school district provides evidence to prove my accusation.

Last week in Wisconsin, three middle school students were accused of sexual harassment for using the wrong gender pronoun.

Lest one thinks this is just a tiny problem in the Dairy State; Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association last December told the New York Times she wants to “reclaim public education as a common good, and transform it into something it was never designed to be: racially and socially just, and equitable.”

The Times went on: “This year, the N.E.A. published its Racial Justice in Education Resource Guide, which advises teachers on how to directly address issues such as white supremacy, implicit bias and acknowledging how race influences their work.”

If you protest against this indoctrination, you better be prepared to pay the cost.

Sherronna Bishop has been speaking against public school policies since their children moved from a charter school to a public school. She said, “I was shocked…. They were doing mental health evaluations without parental consent, they were already teaching a very seriously disturbing form of comprehensive sex education, obviously, the things we don’t stand for: evolution, redefining history, and of course, advancing a lot of the alternative lifestyles as normalcy.”

Bishop is known for the website www.AmericasMom.net, which she started in 2018, and she’s a board member of Moms Empower Moms.

On November 16, a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team broke down her front door as she was homeschooling her children.

When parents complain about what is taught in their schools, Democrats dismiss parents’ role in education. 

In January, Michigan Democrats, on their official Facebook page, said, “Not sure where this ‘parents-should-control-what-is-taught-in-schools-because-they-are-our-kids’ is originating.” The Michigan Democratic Party’s post continued, “The purpose of public education in public schools is not to teach kids only what parents want them to be taught, it is to teach them what society needs them to know.”

Nelson Mandela said, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Our education system in the U.S. is using education as a powerful weapon all right. A weapon to indoctrinate our youth.

Next week I will continue this theme with more evidence.