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Why Johnny Still Can't Read or Write or Understand Math
- And What We Can Do About It
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
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Summary
The current school system churns out millions of illiterates and mental zombies—but here's how we're going to fix it, starting today.
Coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents across the nation grapple with a new and horrifying understanding of just how bad our educational system has become. It all adds up to a system that seems hopelessly, terribly, and irrevocably broken. But as an educator and author, Andrew Bernstein reminds us that American education in the nineteenth through early-twentieth century was superb. This nation once knew how to turn out the brightest, most resourceful and independent-thinking people the world had ever seen. We can do it again.