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Moore: Poor Math, Reading Scores an Economic Crisis

  • Illiteracy rates among 16 to 24-year-olds rose from 16 percent in 2017 to 25 percent in 2023, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Alice Deal Middle School in Washington, D.C. plans to remove full-length novels from its eighth-grade curriculum, claiming it will better prepare students for high school.
  • Stephen Moore states that dumbing down the curriculum is a 'make everyone below average' solution that harms students' education.
  • States like Louisiana and Mississippi, which have returned to phonics, have seen significant improvements in reading scores.
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Moore: Poor math, reading scores an economic crisis

The apparent solution among the education establishment is not to challenge kids to stretch their minds and hit the books but rather to dumb down the curriculum so everyone passes.

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Townhall broke the news in Washington, United States on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
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