Our Education System Sucks

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Student test scores plummeted after Covid. It's like Japan's "lost generation".

https://www.axios.com/2023/06/21/schools-students-reading-math-test-scores-decline

https://www.the74million.org/article/naep-scores-flashing-red-after-a-lost-generation-of-learning-for-13-year-olds/

But they were lousy before Covid too.

America needs to start investing in Pre-K and education. Other countries are way ahead of us in educational attainment.

Per a US News study in 2020 these are the best countries with the Best Educational Systems

Denmark
Finland
Japan
Canada
Sweden
Germany
Israel
Netherlands
Singapore
South Korea

I don't see America anywhere on this list. One article I read said this.

According to a Business Insider report in 2018, the U.S. ranked 38th in math scores and 24th in science. Discussions about why the United States' education rankings have fallen by international standards over the past three decades frequently point out that government spending on education has failed to keep up with inflation.

Pathetic. We are the richest nation on earth. But we are so focused on greed and capitalism we are sacrificing our future. Education is our future. For profit colleges, for profit charter schools, homeschooling with Nazi curriculum, WTF???

I see Finland #2 on the list. Finland has been ranked the "Happiest country on earth" the last six years. It's where my grandparents emigrated from in the late 1890s as children. They actually fund social programs and education and aren't obsessed with "stuff". What a concept. I've been reading about moving there as a backup if America goes completely MAGA off the rails.

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/27/1166180048/finland-is-the-worlds-happiest-country-for-the-6th-straight-year#:~:text=Finland%20is%20the%20world's%20happiest%20country%20again.,expenses%2Dpaid%20trip%20for%2010.