https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/highlights/ltt/2023/
The confluence of societal and governmental factors leading to these outcomes is an irredeemable tragedy. Nobody gives a fuck about education and the consequences are accelerating
So, growing up, my dad was a philosophy of education teacher. College level shit. Unfortunately in the early 2000s, no places around our area really continued those programs, so he was sort of forced out of work.
That should have been a sign of something. Not sure what, but...something.