Actual “Education” Not Taking Place In Government Schools

Alex Newman

When it comes to educating children and teaching them the basics, government schools are a total failure by their own admission. Don’t take our word for it — the government’s own numbers show that the overwhelming majority of America’s students are not even “proficient” in any core subject.

Of course, the main reason parents ostensibly hand their children over to government for five days a week is so those children will learn the basics: history, science, reading, writing, and mathematics. And yet according to the government itself, not even one-third of children are reaching basic proficiency on the most dumbed-down “education” standards ever to be used in America.

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According to the latest results from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the “Nation’s Report Card,” only about one-third of children in grades four, eight, and 12 are even “proficient” in reading. Just six percent of 12th graders were “advanced.” Well over a third are “below basic,” which means they are functionally illiterate.

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