There you have it. The government education system in this country is a massive, multi-decade failure. There are good reasons homeschooling continues to increase by leaps and bounds. Something big needs to change.
The government education system in this country is a massive success based on what it's designed to do - keep people ignorant.
It was illegal to teach slaves to read. That's too obvious to continue. Now everyone gets "free" "education" designed to keep them ignorant.