Before 1980 the Communist professors were well entrenched already. Then as the Dept. of Education was populated by bureaucrats, it too became full on leftist and the natural partner of commies with institutionalized programs meant to re-write history, deploy the ideologies of racism, social justice, equity, common core, and other forms of indoctrination. The net effect was a total dumbing down of students. Third world countries had better educated students taking a majority of slots in our elite schools. Now, I don't even think we can salvage public education in it's current model. After 5 generations of bad teachers teaching students who themselves become teachers, it's like making a copy on a bad copier, then copying that and so on until the document is worthless and unreadable. That's today's students in far too many schools. The product of 5 generations of progressives (Marxists) leaves nothing of value. The kids can't think, can't write, can't read, can't work through simple math. It's a travesty,
Before 1980 the Communist professors were well entrenched already. Then as the Dept. of Education was populated by bureaucrats, it too became full on leftist and the natural partner of commies with institutionalized programs meant to re-write history, deploy the ideologies of racism, social justice, equity, common core, and other forms of indoctrination. The net effect was a total dumbing down of students. Third world countries had better educated students taking a majority of slots in our elite schools. Now, I don't even think we can salvage public education in it's current model. After 5 generations of bad teachers teaching students who themselves become teachers, it's like making a copy on a bad copier, then copying that and so on until the document is worthless and unreadable. That's today's students in far too many schools. The product of 5 generations of progressives (Marxists) leaves nothing of value. The kids can't think, can't write, can't read, can't work through simple math. It's a travesty,