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We show what we value by where we put our money. When billionaire tax breaks have more value than education and all the societal barriers to success in school (food, housing, poverty, etc)this is what happens.

Short-form content kills reading comprehension ability. There’s a reason China limits kids’ TikTok consumption.

@theatlantic.com alarmism ignores that "literacy" is evolving, not dying. While traditional test scores shift, we are seeing an explosion in digital literacy, technical synthesis, and creative communication. High expectations shouldn’t mean clinging to old 20th-century benchmarks. 🙄

And we now have the government that proves it

Several good points, but this measures success strictly on testing. The disaster of NCLB was that schools focused intensely on reading and math & what could be measured thru testing. Science & Social Studies took a back seat along with more experiential learning, which utilizes critical thinking.

When you allow illiterate parents to homeschool their children… When you have parents who can't check homework... When you allow children to only work with one hand, because the other one has a constant distraction in it...

What happened around 2013? Again and again, in all sorts of contexts, I see it identified as the time when things started to change pretty dramatically for the worse.

Problem for many kids who’re failing should include the unrestricted use of.. gaming, cell phones, social media.. at an early age (at home & in school)

It can’t be smart phones. It must be teachers?

There are many reasons why students are falling behind. One important reason is that some parents are not involved in the education of their children.