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[quote=Anonymous]Schools on average are getting worse over time, as op pointed out.  The data is clear.

The reasons are also clear.  Schools are failing at teaching our children in large part because school administrators keep changing the WAY they teach, instead of relying on time-proven methods.

For example:

- abandoning phonics and replacing it with the failed “whole language” approach, then later:

- abandoning whole language and also abandoning phonics and replacing it with the failed “Lucy Calkins” approach,

- trying to replace elementary math with Common Core math, which the common core author’s specifically stated they created to counter “unearned white privilege,”

- eliminating homework because it is not “equitable;” seen as racist,

- de-tracking because it is viewed as not inclusive enough,

- lowering standards in the name of equity,

- “equity grading,” including skills-based grading,

- abandoning direct instruction and overly relying on screen-based, canned curriculums bought high cost from software companies.

We are harming our children’s public education nationally.  For decades, we as a nation have allowed the lowering of quality of American public education, compared to the rest of the world.

These trends are not happening in the rest of the world; it’s quite the opposite in Asia.

And these downward trends here do not bode well for our children’s future in America.[/quote]

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