They can't teach it, why should they have to know it?
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NJ Teachers Union calls for end to basic skills test requirement
I’m actually all for this, because it strips away all pretense that teachers are qualified to do anything except raise money for their partners in crime, Democrat politicians.
Way back in 2017, New York dropped its literacy requirements for teachers because, it was said, blacks and hispanics were incapable of demonstrating proficiency in reading and writing. This was somehow supposed to improve the quality of education provided to students; it didn’t, but at least that quality didn’t have far to fall. “Just 18% of the city’s fourth graders were proficient in math, compared with 24% in 2019. Levels that low in New York City have not been seen for nearly 20 years ….”
New York teachers are not alone in their failure to teach, of course:
Not One Student Was Proficient In Math In 23 Baltimore Schools: REPORT
Feb 10, 2023The report on Baltimore City Schools comes as the nation suffers historic learning loss; since 2020, the nation's reading scores dropped to fall in line with numbers from 1990, while math scores fell for the first time from. Every state has seen a decline in its students' math scores since 2019.
77% of students at Baltimore high school reading at elementary levels ...
Feb 1, 2022News 77% of students at Baltimore high school reading at elementary levels, teacher says by Jeremiah Poff, Education Reporter February 01, 2022 03:33 PM O ver three-quarters of a
Here’s how all students of all races and economic strata scored on national literacy testing — on a scale of 900 (!). Go to the link for an interactive version.
