Comments by "Deborah Freedman" (@deborahfreedman333) on "Student test scores suffering worst drop in decades, here's why" video.

  1. Sure, on average, children performed worse. But, I've seen more granular studies, that contrasted children according to their parents educational level. And children whose parents have advanced degrees, especially in STEM fields, actually scored better than against similar pre-pandemic cohorts, especially older children. That seems to indicate we need more intelligent teachers.
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  2. Only 39% of public school teachers have more than a BA. If you had had a better education in mathematics, you'd know that is not a majority. Further, it is hardly difficult to get that BA in education. Our high school students would be much better served, if their teachers had a degree in the subject they are teaching. Math teachers should have math degrees, chemistry teacher should have a chemistry degree. That the curriculum is set by the ignoramuses, most teachers are, is most unsettling. The studies I've seen show that children, with well educated parents, actually thrived academically during lockdown, only the poor students, did worse.
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