VIDEO: Proficiency in Math and Reading at 30-Year Low – The American Spectator

The recent National Assessment of Educational Progress scores show that schools are failing at their most basic task. Math and reading proficiency is in a pattern of steep decline — down 4 points in reading and 9 in math — with both scores lower than they’ve been in 30 years. (READ MORE: Today’s Students Have the Worst Performance in Math and Reading in Decades)

This report is only the latest in a long string of research pointing to schools’ decline and the disastrous resulting outcomes for students. Made obvious during COVID lockdowns, the public education system has been deficient for years. While teachers unions and progressive administrators maintain their hold, we can continue to expect failure.

Dr. George Charles Roche III wrote that “[t]he lowered ethical standards of our age have been matched by a decline of intellect” for the Foundation for Economic Education in 1969. We’ve observed nothing to disprove his observation.

For parents, our cultural and educational malaise should be a wake-up call that motivates action. (RELATED: There Is Nothing Worth Saving in America’s Public Schools)

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A current intern at The American Spectator, Grace Reilly is a rising senior at Grove City College, where she is a marketing fellow at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. In her role as a fellow, she is the host of the Post-Roe America Conference Series and Meet the Scholars and co-host of the Liberty Mail podcast. Grace has appeared on Fox News, Newsmax, and America’s Voice News, in addition to a variety of podcasts, radio, print, and television in her home state of Connecticut. Follow her on Instagram @conservativegrace and on Twitter @conservgrace.

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