pcr just covers the tip if the iceberg here as its much larger than he illustrates; 

 

The Collapse of American Education

Paul Craig Roberts

Forty percent of US fourth graders cannot read.  Even fewer can read at their grade level. One teacher responsible for 110 eighth graders reports that only two can read at grade level.  https://www.bitchute.com/video/M8fPk94kCupI 

Teachers report that kids are not capable of comprehending the content of written material, and that thinking and working out the answer to a problem is beyond their ability.  

The 15 minute video in the URL above is worth your time. It shows us that we are raising a generation that is incapable of functioning in any job, or understanding domestic and foreign concerns that require public input in a democracy. In effect, without an educated and thinking public, there can be no democracy. Therefore, the failure of education means the replacement of our political system with something else.

The information in the video blames technology, especially artificial intelligence, which is beginning to undermine the comprehension powers of adults as well.  The latter part of the video might strike some as a case for better teacher pay, but as the video makes clear pay is not the reason teachers are leaving education..............more............