America’s Education Crisis: A System Failing Its Students

LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on: https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured Once a global leader in learning, America’s K–12 education system is now in alarming decline. National test scores show nearly half of high school seniors can’t handle basic math, and a third struggle with simple reading—yet graduation rates keep rising due to lowered standards and grade inflation. Schools are ditching homework, easing requirements, and prioritizing equity policies over academic rigor, leaving millions unprepared for college or the workforce. With absenteeism up, behavior worsening, and achievement gaps widening, the U.S. faces an educational collapse that demands a complete reset before an entire generation is left behind.