Baltimore and other demonrat strongholds have graduates who can’t pass 2nd grade reading and math. Everywhere else also teaches to the lowest common denominator. We have relatives in East Texas who have put their kids in private school this year because their public school wasn’t teaching history before the almighty Clintons.
Nearby Paterson NJ a few years ago had less than 10 high school graduates proficient in math - and those teachers draw combat pay (they rake in a lot, for 180 days of “work” per year). I italicized “work” because obviously nothing is happening...