Historian and author Russell Lynes advised us that “The only graceful way to accept an insult is to ignore it; if you can’t ignore it, top it; if you can’t top it, laugh at it; if you can’t laugh at it, it’s probably deserved.”
A recent assessment from 2019 to 2022 of 8th grade skills in the basics of education, shows a decline of 26% in math skills and a drop of 31% in reading proficiency. Being unable to read at grade level means that all other learning will suffer as well.
