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'These numbers include all children of middle school age, not just those who attend school.' I think the low scores are telling you more about the pressure on
by cesaref 2y ago
'These numbers include all children of middle school age, not just those who attend school.'
I think the low scores are telling you more about the pressure on children in poorer countries to work to support their families, rather than the quality of teaching when they are able to attend school.
- eddsolves 2y agoTrue, but numbers are surprisingly bad in the US, Sweden, and in England (lived all three so still follow the local news and seen stories about this in the last two weeks).
- Cumpiler69 2y ago>but numbers are surprisingly bad in the US, Sweden, and in England Kids in rich countries have their brain fried from watching Cocomelon, Youtube Kids and Tiktok. They've been spawn-camped by ad-tech. Gotta get them when they're young.
- runako 2y agohttps://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=38 https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=38 The US scores are relatively consistent going back over a half-century. TikTok and Cocomelon are not the culprits.
- Cumpiler69 2y ago[flagged]
- slaw 2y agoDo you think it is the same reason for Reverse Flynn Effect? IQ scores are dropping in western countries. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a43469569/american-iq-scores-decline-reverse-flynn-effect/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a43469569/american-...
- peterfirefly 2y ago[flagged]
- Cumpiler69 2y agoYeah, but you can't say unpopular facts on HN, because it's offensive to the champagne liberals, so downvoted/flagged you go.
- peterfirefly 2y agoMy top-level comment hasn't been downvoted or flagged so things are getting better :)
- Aurornis 2y agoThe numbers have been going up as those things have been introduced, not down: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42318019 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42318019 HN blames social media for everything, but this clearly isn’t it.
- eschulz 2y agoI think many kids growing up today in developing countries also have their brains fried by the same ad-tech.
- Cumpiler69 2y agoKids in developing countries have pretty hard parents who beat productive values like education into them.
- Suppafly 2y agoYeah, it's concerning, but not particularly relevant to those of us in places where children are required to go to school. I want to know what percentage of children, who can read and attend school, can't comprehend what they are reading.
- graemep 2y agoIn developed countries kids who are not going to school are probably still getting an education. it is a legal requirement in the UK (for example) that parents ensure kids get a "suitable and efficient education".