Parents should be asking the most obvious question of all:
If students can’t read, what exactly were they learning during all those years in school? When a child reaches middle school, high school, or even college without basic literacy, that is not a student failure — that is a
system failure. So who is conducting oversight? Who is responsible for ensuring that taxpayer-funded schools are actually teaching children to read, write, and do math? And why has no one been held accountable as proficiency rates collapse?
Every Illinois parent can verify this for themselves. Go to the Illinois State Board of Education website at
ISBE.net, look up your county, your district, and your child’s school, and check the official numbers. Compare the percentage of students who can read, write, and do math at grade level. Many parents are shocked when they see the truth in black and white: in some schools, fewer than
1 in 3 students are proficient — yet the school still claims “success.”
These are not abstract statistics. They are a direct reflection of what your child is — or is not — being taught. And until parents demand transparency and accountability, the system has no incentive to change.
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