When we were in school, if your grade was well below average, you got a grade of a D. That’s the grade our schools should get based on an OECD study of the educational aptitude in 2023 of more than 20 developed countries – our competitors.

The international study of 25-64 year olds found that the U.S. ranks worse than most nations on literacy.

That’s not all: the U.S. ranks well below average in science, math, and technology.

This malfunction of our schools has been going on for decades and is arguably the single largest impediment to our future prosperity. Yes, it’s a bigger threat than our national debt or the Chinese.

The education blob’s response to this calamity should be a mea culpa: we’re sorry that our schools are failing our children and our country and heads will roll.  Instead, they howl: GIVE US MORE MONEY.  Someone should inform the educrats that we’ve tripled real per student spending over the past 40 years and we spend more dollars per student than almost all these nations that are churning out smarter adults.