Author: Larry Sand U.S. colleges are rapidly losing relevance, and students need to examine their options. A stunning new  report from the University of California, San Diego, reveals that incoming college students are less prepared for their classes than ever. The steep decline in academic readiness among its first-year students is particularly noticeable in mathematics. The UCSD paper shows that between 2020 and 2025, the number of students with math skills below high sc

Author: Larry Sand Families are choosing alternatives to the Educational Industrial Complex. Students attending American public schools are struggling. Test scores from the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), released this year, indicate that 33% of 8th graders —a greater percentage than ever before—are reading at the “below basic” level. Additionally, only 22% of high school seniors are proficient or above in math, down from 24% in 2019, and only 35% ar

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