Jill Biden, during a 4th of July pander fest to the teachers unions, proclaimed that Joe is the Education President.

First Lady Jill Biden speaking at a July 4th event with the National Education Association, America's largest teachers union:

“I knew that Joe would always be THE education President.” pic.twitter.com/t1pjiskdso

— Nicki Neily (@nickineily) July 5, 2023

What a laughable claim. Then again, Jill isn’t known for speaking factually. Furthermore, statistics don’t lie. The learning loss from keeping schools shut down is just beginning to be felt, and it’s getting worse. Promoting books like Gender Queer for the summer reading lists won’t solve the problem either.

At the end of June, the report card was released. Essentially it gives our education system a big fat F on performance and educational results. 

The 2023 average scores in reading declined compared to 2020 for many student groups reported by NAEP; for example, scores were lower for both male and female 13-year-olds, for students eligible and not eligible for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), and for students attending schools in the Northeast and the Midwest regions. In mathematics, scores declined compared to 2020 for most student groups; for example, scores were lower for Black, Hispanic, and White 13-year-olds, for students attending schools in all regions of the country, for students eligible and not eligible for the NSLP, and for students at all reported levels of parental education.

Needless to say, this is a problem for our so-called Education President and his wife. The pandemic and the subsequent school lockdowns caused immeasurable harm. 

In fact, if you look at those stats, I would think the numbers would be worse if ALL the students were included. Except in many states, California for example, the sheer number of students who LEFT the school system is huge. LA school district lost over 270,000 students in the 2022 school year. If those students had been counted in the reading and math scores, one wonders what the results would be. Dismal at best I’m sure. 

People are sounding the alarm. 

“This is more than alarming,” said Carey Wright, former state superintendent of education in Mississippi and a member of the National Assessment Governing Board, which sets policy for the tests. “Thirteen-year-olds are in high schools, and their futures depend on being able to recover from this.”

Yet I’ll point out that many (including all of us at Victory Girls) were sounding the alarm from the beginning, and were told to shut up, were kicked out of school board meetings, or fired. 

Jill claims Joe is THE Education President! Uh huh… the same Joe who had Merrick Garland weaponize the DOJ against parents? That Joe? 

There’s nothing to brag about here. 

https://twitter.com/BetsyDeVos/status/1671580672920637441

Yes, more than just one generation is at risk. If our kids and grandkids can’t read nor do adequate math, they will be completely unprepared for college/technical schools or the work environment. Which is harmful to ALL our futures.

If Joe and others are such fans of education, then school choice should’ve been signed into law in Pennsylvania. Instead Joe Shapiro (D) caved to the teachers unions thus keeping parents from choosing the best education they can for their children. 

Statement from Pennsylvania Senate Republicans: "We negotiated in good faith and were eager to stand with Governor Shapiro on one of his priority campaign commitments – supporting school choice opportunities. Today, Governor Shapiro has decided to betray the good faith agreement… pic.twitter.com/aunQgeLcbZ

— Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist (@DeAngelisCorey) July 6, 2023

Here’s another reason for the dismal statistics. Kids skipping school.

Students who took the 2023 long-term trend reading and mathematics assessments were asked how many days of school they had missed in the last month. Responses to the survey question for both subjects indicate a decrease in the percentages of 13-year-old students reporting having missed none to 2 days in the past month compared to 2020. Conversely, there were increases in the percentages of 13-year-old students who reported missing 3 or 4 days and students who reported missing 5 or more days in the last month. The percentage of students who reported missing 5 or more days doubled from 5 percent in 2020 to 10 percent in 2023.

Want to bet those stats include kids skipping Zoom school?? Want to bet those stats didn’t include teachers going on strike, not showing up for Zoom classes, or advocating personal agendas instead of teaching to the subject? 

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has a different take on Jill’s assertion. 

Jill can yammer on all she wants about how Grandpa Joe is the Education President! What’s he going to do? Teach about plagiarism? He’s an expert at that you know. 

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