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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder how much of this could have to do with quickly getting kids back into school in person during Covid?[/quote]

Unrelated to that.

It was the use of literacy curricula that do not work to teach reading. See the "Sold a story" podcast. [/quote]

Nah, in many southern areas kids were only out of school for 6 weeks during covid.[/quote]

It was the curriculum. Lucy Caulkins or whatever it was called. Left Va for a smaller area down south (red) and the education is 1,000x better. They still teach the basics and haven’t succumbed to woke BS. All we ever heard was how great LCPS was and found it to be lacking across the board. [/quote]

And yet the Southern states score poorly in standard tests compared to Northern states.

US and World News wrote .

“ Based on 2025–2026 data, the states with the best K-12 public education are consistently led by Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Virginia. These states are top-ranked for high school graduation rates, test scores, and school safety, typically offering high teacher salaries and low student-to-teacher ratios. ”

Virginia does well overall and are top scorers.  Every state has poorly run areas and excellent areas. The top states make sure that every city, town, district have what they need that is unique to their needs.

Since you brought up your red states, if you look at the individual states results you will see the red states are consistently at the bottom and blue states have the best results in educating their students.[/quote]

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