Broken families break children

Last month, the National Assessment of Educational Progress was released. Commonly referred to as the “nation’s report card,” it is funded by the Department of Education, and in classic bureaucratic style, it crunched its numbers through slick graphics and lots of heady language. 

However, it couldn’t escape the data’s distressing conclusion: American children can’t read, and they can’t do math. (A mere 30% of American eighth graders scored “proficient” or better in reading. Twenty-eight percent were proficient in math.)

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