When, and how, did the United States fall so drastically far behind the rest of the world academically?

Maybe caused by “the captains of industry” buying technology overseas.
Captains are in it for a profit, little or no profit for them if health care goes to universal health care !

It’s the price you have to pay for freedom.

That doesn’t make sense @Kropotkin.

Democrats

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The picture shows “a tongue in cheek” ! ;>0

LOL! I don’t think so @Patty_Melt.

What picture shows a tongue in cheek, @Tropical_Willie?

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@Kropotkin ‘s avatar ! ! !

It’s been going on for years. We don’t seem to want our kids to look stupid, or for some of their classmates to look smarter that others, so we’ve been dumbing everything down for political correctness sake.

The numbers reported are averages and it is those numbers that are declining. The top is still performing well but there are proportionately fewer of them every year. The bottom group is growing exponentially with unmarried kids having kids having kids…who have no role models, do not value education, or care about school.
Stable, 2 parent families are having fewer kids.
Lump them all together and the average drops.

Did you watch the Mars landing? I’m willing to bet the vast majority of people in that room grew up in 2 parent homes with parents who valued education.

I don’t think it’s the number of parents that a child has that determines whether or not they value education. It depends on the kind or parent they have. @LuckyGuy