Are Our Youth Being Intentionally Dumbed Down? "Some serious self-reflection is due from those in charge of teaching our kids."

Allan J. Feifer

. . . "follow the money. Administrators typically make 50-100% more than teachers. But, there’s a second, more insidious reason. Every gang of criminals requires enforcers. Administrators perform that role, rooting out any student or teacher who doesn’t toe a leftist line."

. . . "Standardized test scores show we are nearing rock bottom:"

1. Academic Decline

• Standardized Test Scores: U.S. students have experienced sharp declines in math and reading scores since 2015, with pandemic-era losses further accelerating the trend. In 2023, 40% of public school students failed to meet basic standards in either subject, a trend that has worsened since then.
• International Ranking: The U.S. ranks behind 36 countries in educational proficiency.
• Literacy Crisis: 28% of Americans are functionally illiterate, up from 19% in 2017.

2. Grade Inflation & “Equity Grading”

• Minimum Grades for Failure: Some districts award a minimum grade of 50 even for missed or failed assignments.
• Unlimited Retakes: Students may retake tests as many times as needed, often without penalty for skipping class or missing deadlines.
• Result: Graduation rates rise while actual mastery plummets—45% of high school seniors can’t do basic math.

3. Curriculum Erosion

• Phonics Abandoned: Effective reading instruction has been replaced by “whole language” approaches, leaving 60% of 4th graders struggling with reading.
• History & Civics Gaps: NAEP data reveal widespread ignorance of U.S. history and civic structures among high school students.
• STEM Weakness: China now dominates global STEM fields, while U.S. students tank.

4. Chronic Absenteeism & “Zombie Schools” . . .  More

Author, Businessman, Thinker, and Strategist. Read more about Allan, his background, and his ideas to create a better tomorrow at www.1plus1equals2.com.

For Too Many in Education, Charlie Kirk’s Assassin Is Exactly the Type of Person They Are Trying to Create

 . . . "A significant portion of those exposed for celebrating Mr. Kirk’s cold-blooded murder are teachers, professors, school officials, and school board members. This phenomenon even captured the attention of the legacy media, though they predictably portrayed the offenders as most sympathetically. 

"To anyone paying attention, this is no surprise. Social media accounts have garnered massive followings mainly by highlighting outlandish pronouncements by teachers and other school officials publicly posted on the internet.

"This is a time for those working in and around education to commit to some self-reflection." . . .

Dangerous Schools and the Democratic Governors Who Ignore Them  "Democrat governors employ shady practices to trap students in violent, dangerous schools."

Randi Weingarten’s Fallacious Fascist Finger-Pointing . . . "Likewise, in its latest handbook, the NEA states that there were “12 million victims of the Holocaust from different faiths, ethnicities, races, political beliefs, genders, and gender identification, abilities/disabilities, and other targeted characteristics.”

" 'The union never addressed the Nazis’ attempted extermination of the Jewish people. But at the same time, the NEA handbook states it would teach students about the Nakba, which is described as the “forced, violent displacement and dispossession of at least 750,000 Palestinians from their homeland in 1948 during the establishment of the state of Israel. ' ”...