As a teacher for 26 years, I’ve seen how we dumbed down education — and how kids suffer

'Vegetative education'  - Jeremy Adams 

"...most precise description of education in post-COVID America: vegetative education.
As he writes, “Teachers in past decades have been faced with two choices: educating students with challenging material and frequent grading or engaging them with fun projects and participation grades.”...

• But unless we acknowledge the hollowness of conventional classroom instruction, it won’t make a bit of difference.
• Here’s the dead giveaway: Our students suffer from a pathology of low expectations for themselves and especially for their teachers.
• Many of the best and most experienced teachers I know tell me they have noticed something peculiar about their new students: They ask questions that reveal an academic ecosystem brimming with mediocrity: "Are we doing anything today?...