Apart from the effects of the disastrous consequences of a largely pointless lockdown, the education system is and has been failing to educate in the true sense of the word for some time<p>I have always been dismayed by the overemphasis on funding at many educational institutions. "We need all this equipment! We need this, we need that!" As far as equipment is concerned, a good, true education is not that expensive. A lot of what is emphasized today boils down to frills and bells and whistles while the core of what is important is neglected.<p>This is one reason why classical schools are popping up all over the place that are inspired by the trivium and quadrivium and updated accordingly. They are also cheap.<p>The education industry is shot through with grift.
With what I know from watching this shit-show up close with my own kids, this is no surprise. Kids essentially learned nothing during those years aside from what we as parents provided them. We were fortunate enough to be able to hire an aide to work with our kids during the school hours.<p>There are many unknowns. Especially with younger kids who missed out on social interaction during key developmental windows (4-6 years old).<p>The knee-jerk fears around covid were so, so foolish. So little regard for all the externalities, and the true devistation to communities that lock-down created.
This is devastating. Whatever you think about covid lockdowns and remote education, it's clear that something drastic has happened. The question is... is there anything we can do to fix it? I'd hate to be a high school teacher right now.<p>Also, I was surprised and disappointed by the lack of graphs in the article. The actual report has some illustrative ones:
<a href="https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/highlights/ltt/2023/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/highlights/ltt/2023/</a>
Axios is an SEO hack shop that doesn't cite sources.<p>Where is the real article?<p>Edit:<p>Here is real article:<p><a href="https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/highlights/ltt/2023/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/highlights/ltt/2023/</a><p>Scores dropped more for the lower percentile performance cohorts, much more for lowest.<p>The article isn't really about the genius children of HN posters.