Public education is in a 'race to the bottom'

Originally Published on The Washington Examiner

Parents across the country have trusted their children to K-12 public schools . Trusting that a pursuit of academic excellence is being prioritized. Trusting that students are being prepared to be informed and engaged members of society.

But a pandemic , school closures, and forced online learning revealed to many of these same parents that their children’s education is being compromised. Academic excellence has taken a backseat to a political ideology , and it didn’t happen overnight.

In his new book Race to the Bottom: Uncovering the Secret Forces Destroying American Public Education, Luke Rosiak investigates the public school system and exposes the hidden agendas that have been pushed for decades by special interest groups and bad actors. He identifies how education got to the state it is in today, who enabled it, and why.

It all starts with “schools putting their resources into everything except preparing our children for college or careers,” Rosiak writes. And it’s not a money problem. Billions of dollars have been spent on initiatives promising to solve racial inequalities and improve academic performance but that instead work against the very ideas of excellence…