My SIL, a HS teacher has said the latest students in her Jr & Sr classes are the most liberal in her 35+ years of teaching.
My sister has been teaching middle school kids math for 40 years. She says this year’s crop surpasses all others in stupidity and complete inability to reason, comprehend basics, or retain anything. She can work on 50% is the same as one-half and one-half plus one-half equals the whole, but at the end of the week they still can not grasp it.