How much longer will our fellow citizens tolerate the dreadful performance of our public schools? It’s arguably the greatest threat to our nation.

The latest Nation’s Report Card test scores are dismal. The crash that started with COVID-era school closures (which we opposed from the start!) has continued in almost every state.

The top 25 percent of 8th graders have seen math scores rebound a little bit from 2022, but are still below 2019. The other 75 percent of kids’ scores have continued to drop:

Reading is even worse:

The massive, unprecedented infusion of federal funds into schools under the guise of COVID recovery has abjectly failed to improve outcomes – but it has enriched the teacher unions.

The one bright spot is Louisiana, which has restored rigorous instruction to its curriculum with positive results: