The following is the URL of an online article by Philip Giraldi which appears in the online February 18, 2021 edition of GlobalResearch entitled: "The Decline of the West: American Education Surrenders to 'Equity' " :
https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-decline-of-the-west-american-education-surrenders-to-equity/5737759
The statistics in the article compare some of the average test scores on standardized educational achievement tests. It demonstrates that the USA is quickly falling behind other nations, especially industrialized nations, in educational achievement. It
lists some of these achievement tests comparisons. Other average achievement tests comparisons with other nations demonstrate similar and/or greater disparities.
This excellent and well written article correctly attributes the dramatic decline in American education to the current reactionary political norms in the USA. I, personally, attribute the decline to "politically correct" "Cultural Marxism " which is
prevalent in the USA, especially in Academia. This includes feminism. Instructors are hired based upon race, gender, ethnicity, and on their political viewpoints rather than upon objective qualifications. Students' grades are based upon race, gender,
ethnicity, and their perceived political view points rather than upon academic achievement. In this "politically correct" "Cultural Marxists" American Academia, white males are both overtly and covertly subject to discriminatory bias in grading and
otherwise. As the article correctly states, don't expect the political establishment to address this education crisis as the same would compromise it's political base of power. The USA is in a state of National Decline because of this and other factors.
It is up to the American people to address the challenge of stopping this decline through political and educational reform.
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