I just read an article saying that math and reading scores are at their lowest since 1990 for the average 13 year old. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/21/us/naep-test-results-education.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare Well, 1990 was the year I started teaching. I had a PPT certificate , which was a temporary license to teach basically anything. I had five preps my first year and I was teaching reading, math and social studies to 7th and 9th graders in a junior high in the South Bronx. Most of the kids did struggle, but they all tried. I remember setting up a reading lab with plants, bookshelves, club chairs and tons of high interest novels. I had some great success with those students. Skip forward 33 years and things are so bad that they are unbelievable - https://youtu.be/4P7QyJ7cUfs Politicians and the media would like you to believe that it was the lockdown that caused it. It’s not, it’s cell phones and the decline of civilization. https://youtu.be/DZt4EDqB58Q
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