Could it be that the country is now so diverse and trying to accommodate illiterate third-worlders at the expense of American children?
An office which should not exist, overseeing a department which should not exist.
Jimmy Carter created this abomination; no President since has had the guts to disband it.
I have mentioned this previously. Teacher unions are hopelessly corrupt. And I would know, as I was an involuntary member of one for decades.
But they have nothing to do with setting educational standards. Sure, the unions can huff and puff. And they can issue all sorts of woke position papers. But it’s the local school boards and the state who set the standards.
I taught at an urban high school. We had discipline problems. Academic standards were set low. And we were forced to teach nonsensical curricula. It was very frustrating. Oh, the stories I could tell you. But the union caused none of these problems. The author is aiming at the wrong target.
All of these problems came from decisions made at either the school board or state level.
Imagine what it would be without all the Asian students.
Math is hard. It’s so white nationalist.