The data points below are taken from the state of Illinois—a Deep Blue state. However, I suspect that the results can be replicated, on varying scales, in other states that feature Deep Blue political machines in one or a few major metro areas, wielding disproportionate influence over the government educational system. Other states, even including Red states, are sliding in this direction, as you can ascertain from reports across the country that show less and less emphasis on education and more and more time spent on developing wokeness among the children.
FWIW, 3/10 students with poor reading scores on the SAT is even worse than it sounds. Many school districts will pay for all students to take the ACT and encourage only the best students to take the SAT. They do this b/c the SAT scores are utilized by realtors and the districts want to have the best scores reflected to prospective buyers.
Mark-I thought of you when I read this recent Open the Books substack regarding Illinois and the salaries of some public employees. Several school employees are making quite a bit of money to accomplish poor results.
Actually, it would be easier to start new schools than you might realize. We have churches (say, 1/2 aren't woke) sitting on classroom space that they use for Sunday School. To finance the schools, all states need to pass the law we just implemented in Arizona. The monies paid per student to the public schools is now transferrable to whatever school the child attends. In the public schools, we need a serious haircut, dump administrative jobs and limit education to the basics.
Excellent fisking by Dreher, who translates from "church latin" for us.
Let me try a translation into Shakespearean English,
"...a Church that learns from listening how to renew its evangelizing mission in the light of the signs of the times, to continue offering humanity a way of being and living in which all can feel included as protagonists"
FWIW, 3/10 students with poor reading scores on the SAT is even worse than it sounds. Many school districts will pay for all students to take the ACT and encourage only the best students to take the SAT. They do this b/c the SAT scores are utilized by realtors and the districts want to have the best scores reflected to prospective buyers.
Mark-I thought of you when I read this recent Open the Books substack regarding Illinois and the salaries of some public employees. Several school employees are making quite a bit of money to accomplish poor results.
https://openthebooks.substack.com/p/why-illinois-is-in-trouble-132188
Who knew government school admins were supposed to be actually wealthy people? It's about the Benjamins!
The West is finished- it’s just a matter of the how and when at this point.
What comes next? Well, some of us may yet get a say, but either way it’s not going to be pretty.
Actually, it would be easier to start new schools than you might realize. We have churches (say, 1/2 aren't woke) sitting on classroom space that they use for Sunday School. To finance the schools, all states need to pass the law we just implemented in Arizona. The monies paid per student to the public schools is now transferrable to whatever school the child attends. In the public schools, we need a serious haircut, dump administrative jobs and limit education to the basics.
Excellent fisking by Dreher, who translates from "church latin" for us.
Let me try a translation into Shakespearean English,
"...a Church that learns from listening how to renew its evangelizing mission in the light of the signs of the times, to continue offering humanity a way of being and living in which all can feel included as protagonists"
becomes
"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."
Exactly. Ultimately it offers people no meaning.