Our Well-Paid Teachers Flunk Again

The National Assessment of Educational Progress has been called the Nation’s Report Card. It reported that only 23% of fourth-graders, 30% of eighth-graders, and 21% of 12^th-graders were” proficient” or “advanced” on their national geography exam, given in January to March, 2010.

I saw one of the simple questions posted in the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper reported that only 33% of eight-graders got it right.

With a student body such as this in the U.S., we certainly do not get our money’s worth when it gets to education cost. But I do notice teachers’ unionized pay and benefits are highest ever.