As we give these poor children certificates of "accomplishment"!------16 Facts About The Shocking Decline Of Public Education In The U.S. That Every American Should Know

Virtually everyone agrees that our public schools are in a state of decline.  - Michael Snyder

• Needless to say, it isn’t because we aren’t spending enough money. 

The federal government, our state governments and our local governments are collectively spending nearly a trillion dollars a year on public education...

#1 Nearly one-fifth of all high school graduates in the United States cannot even read at a functional level…
#2 Only 35 percent of high school seniors are proficient at reading, and only 22 percent of high school seniors are proficient at math…
#3 For high school seniors in the United States, math scores have fallen to the lowest level since 2005 and reading scores have fallen to the lowest level since 1992…