Educational System Fail

Yesterday,  we remarked that most American high school graduates were not prepared for college. Happily or unhappily for them colleges do not care. I called it educational malpractice, because that is what it is.

Today, I report, from the Daily Wire, the results from the same survey, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, this time regarding eighth graders in America's public elementary and middle schools. The news is not very good. In fact, it is appallingly bad:

A new report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress revealed that approximately two-thirds of eighth graders in American public schools were not proficient in reading and math last year.

The report, released by the U.S. Department of Education, revealed that 65% of eighth graders in public schools were not proficient in reading and 67% were not proficient in math. The report also revealed that the results were significantly worse in urban districts.

In America’s inner cities, the situation us worse:

Only 5 percent of Detroit public-school eighth graders were proficient or better in math. Only 7 percent were proficient or better in reading.

In the Cleveland public schools, only 11 percent of eight graders were proficient or better in math and only 10 percent were proficient or better in reading.

In the Baltimore public schools, only 11 percent were proficient or better in math and only 13 percent were proficient or better in reading.

I would mention, for your edification, that these children attended school during the Obama presidency. How did the boost in self-esteem these children gained by seeing the first black president translate into academic performance?

It didn’t.