Another week has brought with it another story that has earned American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten some extra attention, and not in a good way:
Math and reading scores among America’s 13-year-olds fell to their lowest levels in decades, with math scores plunging by the largest margin ever recorded, according to the results of a test known as the nation’s report card. https://t.co/5scmxHrYgX
— ABC News (@ABC) June 21, 2023
Breaking News: Math and reading scores for 13-year-olds in the U.S. have hit the lowest levels in decades, with a sharp drop since the pandemic began.https://t.co/wfQDAlZ1qR
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 21, 2023
Take a bow, Randi Weingarten and everybody else who insisted on locking down in-person learning for what turns out to be absolutely no reason which has resulted in generational damage:
https://t.co/TyQXnjOtO9 pic.twitter.com/spUWNtpF9Y
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) June 21, 2023
The media will still allow Weingarten and others to blame "the pandemic" when in fact all they need to do is go look in a mirror if they want to know who's mostly at fault for this monumental failure:
The results, released Wednesday, are the latest measure of the deep learning setbacks incurred during the pandemic. While earlier testing revealed the magnitude of America's learning loss, the latest test casts light on the persistence of those setbacks, dimming hopes of swift academic recovery.
More than two years after most students returned to in-person class, there are still “worrisome signs about student achievement,” said Peggy G. Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, a branch of the federal Education Department.
The effects will obviously be long-term and people need to be held accountable. Will that ever happen? We won't be holding our breath.
Great work @rweingarten!
— Stratton (@StrattonH) June 21, 2023
Thanks @rweingarten pic.twitter.com/weZBKE9hy2
— Oregier Benavente🐊 (@publiclaw637) June 21, 2023
What will be the conclusion Democrats draw from all this?
Probably we just need to give more money to teachers unions https://t.co/YQqyTRruID
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) June 21, 2023
That's certainly what the Biden administration thinks:
Let’s give public school teachers a raise.
— President Biden (@POTUS) February 8, 2023
And of course by "public school teachers" Biden (or whatever intern tweeted that earlier this year) is referring to teachers unions.
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