The left discovers the great dumbing down of schools

Thursday, October 01, 2026

To her credit, Hannah-Jones admitted she hadn't focused sufficiently on her daughter's mastery of math. But if she was truly surprised by the chasm between grades and subject knowledge, then she hasn't been reading the news. Anyone paying attention to recent education-related headlines knows that education bureaucrats across the nation are burying evidence of a widespread and unpleasant truth: Public high schools are churning out barely literate, almost innumerate graduates.

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Public high schools are churning out barely literate, almost innumerate graduates.

POSTED BY BELLRINGER

It's a cultural thing. The same culture that public high schools exist within. The same culture MAGA prefers and elevates.

Future vaxx truthers, everyone.

Short lives and dumb ones.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-10-01 03:59 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I am sure disbanding the department of education can only improve education

#2 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-01 04:04 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I'm a borderline Hall of Fame troll, Alexandrite. I easily elicit multiple responses with a single post. And it doesn't take any effort.
#27 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-04-06 05:42 PM

#3 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-01 04:04 PM | Reply

Public high schools are churning out barely literate, almost innumerate graduates.
POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Years of republican policies are paying off.

"Education is for snobs!"
- Rick Santorum

"I love the poorly educated!"
- Donald Trump

Meanwhile both of Trump's department of Education hires, Betsy DeVos and Linda McMahon, have defunded and destroyed public education.

#4 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-10-01 04:07 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Ballwasher the fucking idiot

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-10-01 06:31 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

- Public high schools are churning out barely literate, almost innumerate graduates.

Who are almost Guaranteed to become Republican voters.

The Republican Dumbing Down of America Program is werking really well!

The Dumbing Down of America has been a 50 year project of the Republican Party that started with, "The tax cuts for the wealthy will Trickle Down!"...

... and continued with Planned Recessions, underfunded edumacation, expensive bad healthcare, Money as Speech, Corporate Personhood, and legalized political bribery and Forever Wars.

So, they've werked long and hard for the resulting Trump voters.

Bellboy is competing with 1Nut for the coveted rwing Miss Obtusity Prize.

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2026-10-01 08:55 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Is ol' stinkerbell complaining or bragging?

#7 | Posted by Angrydad at 2026-10-01 09:32 PM | Reply

@#7 ... Is ol' stinkerbell complaining or bragging? ...

Good question.

Around here, it seems to be the GOP politicians who want to constantly reduce the funding for public schools and, instead, try to use public funds to finance their entry-limited private schools.

And, don't get me started on the dollars-per-student spent on public schools in wealthy towns vs the same stat in the less wealthy towns.

I mean, just go to Wilton, CT (a wealthy town here in CT) and look at their high school on US RT7. It looks more like a college campus than a high school.

Wilton, Connecticut
en.wikipedia.org

... The median income for a household in the town was $197,428, and the median income for a family was $217,415. Males had a median income of $190,000 versus $71,611 for females. ...

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-10-01 09:47 PM | Reply