The report card for failed countries proves that change needs to be wiped out

When a group of Congressional Democrats tried to bully the path to the Department of Education, they exposed their own ignorance to the institutions they claimed to be very caring.

The real scandal at the Ministry of Education is not a push to reduce wasteful spending. In fact, the problem is the exact opposite. Agents spend billions of dollars each year, achieving disastrous results.

New Nation report cards are truly scandalous. This indicates that one in eighth grade is functionally illiterate. As a “basic” reader, millions of teenagers struggle to extract meaning from words on the page.

As a result, it is pointless to put textbooks before them. These students are on the verge of adults, but still don't have the opportunity to understand employment and lease agreements. They can't understand the articles you're reading now.

The education department failed. Time to get parents and states to take the lead

Because of this crisis, it is easy to blame the Covid-19 pandemic and the long-term school closures that followed. However, the pandemic did not launch this issue. Since 2013, reading scores for 8th graders have declined.

Returning to normal schooling meant returning to incompetent in many districts. This was better than trying to learn through screens, but it's still far from meaningful education.

The achievement gap is particularly severe in metropolitan areas where teachers' union bosses are calling shots. In Detroit, almost two-thirds of eighth graders are “basic” readers. In Baltimore, 71% of eighth graders are “below basic” mathematics.

Trump and McMahon can make education great

It is sad irony that the districts that are most vocally devoted to “fairness” are the districts where minority students suffer the most. For minority children, there is no more “fair agenda” than teaching them how to read mathematics. Sadly, inner city schools have miserably failed their core mission.

It is not impossible to reverse this educational catastrophe. The country's report card has bright spots that should be held as a country's model.

Louisiana, for example, benefits from reading and mathematics in fourth and eighth graders. The reason is not a mystery. Over the past few years, the state has enacted new teacher training requirements related to literacy, and has incorporated hundreds of literacy coaches into schools. .

Perhaps more than anything, Louisiana has refused to allow struggling readers to defeat the crack. Three times a year, kindergarten through third grade students participate in literacy assessments that flag issues to promote early intervention. One such intervention, high-dose tutoring, will be available to eligible families with reduced costs.

Trump wrote the DEI government's death penalty. The school's policy should be like this next time

There are countless strategies to meet the unique needs of students, but one failed strategy – throwing money into problems – remains stubbornly popular.

The Primary School Education Relief (ESSER) Fund, created by Congress in 2020, became the largest educational funding experiment in American history. An unprecedented $189.5 billion in taxpayer dollars were sent to states and school districts through the Esser Fund, with few strings.

This experiment proved that there was no poor sum of school leadership. Defense of Freedom revealed billions of dollars in wasted Essel spending, including beach trips for managers (Clark County, Nevada), Day Reparations (San Francisco), and employment of gender administrators (Milwaukee). Adults worked on sunburn and lined up pockets while students' learning was struggling.

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With the pandemic behind us now and a new administration in the White House, the need to wipe out reforms was never clear. Less than 10% of eighth graders are proficient in mathematics in Detroit, Cleveland, Milwaukee and Baltimore. Put another way, these districts are disappointing 90% of students.

These and all students deserve an opportunity to escape from schools that have failed. President Donald Trump has promised to give it to them. He has already begun that promise well through his executive order to expand education freedom and family opportunities.

President Donald Trump's Secretary of Education candidate Linda McMahon will arrive at a meeting with Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno on January 8, 2025 at Capitol Hill. (Valerie Press/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The order directs Admissions Education Secretary, Linda McMahon, to assist state education leaders in releasing federal education dollars for school selection programs. Of course, the education sector must be closed to free up the maximum amount of federal dollars for freedom of education. Support to shut down federal sectors could grow as school choices expand and more families realize their benefits.

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If parents have a school choice, public schools will no longer be able to rely on prisoner audiences who have no choice but to continue sending students to schools that have no teaching. When schools have to compete for their students, they must prove their value by providing first-class education.

The coming years represent a generational opportunity to refocus American public schools on the fundamentals needed for all students to succeed. A better reading and mathematics score is what is possible for this country, as it is necessary for future success due to its hard work and unrelenting commitment to American students.

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