Sacrificing quality at the altar of diversity has sent this country down the tubes. Now we’re to the point where the Education Sec needs a security escort, while places like South Korea, India and Japan are probably laughing their butts off.
OK, a little off topic, but earlier this year a collection of Japanese teachers of English in Japan bombed the TOEIC, or Test Of English in International Communication, a test that shows the extent to which one is able to converse in English. OTOH, I have no doubt that Japanese teachers of STEM could ace any standardized test at practically any level. This is because Japan wants workers who can do technology, and in general does not care whether or not they can speak English. In Japan as in the US, you get the education you want; the difference is that in Japan, there are subjects the nation wants the children, not just to be taught, but to actually know, while in the US, there are large groups of people who do not want children to actually know anything tradeable in the marketplace.
If they aren’t, they should be.