US high school students lose ground in math and reading, continuing decline (cnn.com)

I'm sure someone will figure out a way to blame this on capitalism.

(But seriously, this is the "tragedy of the commons" in action, where non-private schooling is a shared space and thus part of "the commons".)

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Ok, now that we did everything their way, can we change it?

Good thing we are electing an anti-school, anti-education party. Phew for a hot second, America was a scientific beacon and that can't be acceptable /s

https://x.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1732087511327908128?s=4... Every ethnic group in the US does very well. But the composition is now more weighted towards lower scoring groups(I.e. Hispanics).

Later discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45182657