John Hinderaker:
“Rectifying a lack of foundational algebra skills among students.” What an indictment of our K-12 education system, both public and private! Sure, each Harvard class no doubt includes a few math geniuses—Asians, mostly. But the general run of bright high school students are not being educated up to a minimally acceptable level.
And it isn’t just math. How many incoming Harvard freshmen can diagram a sentence, know anything about history—slavery in America excluded, of course—or have even a nodding acquaintance with the world’s great literature? Very few.
This all results from the dumbing down of education that we have seen in recent decades. Teachers, generally unionized graduates of teacher training programs with no real academic expertise, are, with many noble exceptions, not what they used to be. And for the most part, the schools focus on socialization, inculcating liberal dogmas, DEI, and encouraging activism rather than actual knowledge and skills.
# posted by Ranger @ 9:18 PM
