A trend is sweeping social media reporting that Gen Z and the following generations are unable to read. Statistics from the National Report Card back this up, showing that only 1/3 of students are doing reading and math on grade level. But is this reality truly surprising when public school curriculum is focused on DEI, LGBTQ, and anti-America propaganda rather than reading, writing, and arithmetic?
Education reform activists Erika Donalds and Jack Brewer and Senior Vice President of Communications at the Alliance Defending Freedom Billy Atwell weighed in on the state of the American education system and what needs to be done to fix it on a panel at CPAC in DC 2025.
"The public education system in America has literally failed the American people," stated Donalds. "It hasn't lived up to the promise where we, parents, were told, 'If you send your child to this school for eight hours a day, we're going to teach them to read and do math and achieve their own American Dream.' That was a lie."
Instead, public schools are actively inhibiting students' abilities to succeed by peddling the woke ideology of victimhood.
"I have a little girl in one of my programs, she literally went to class, she got an F on a math exam, and the teacher told her that it's ok because she's a little black girl and that she doesn't have the ability to do this math, telling the girl that math is racist," recounted Brewer.
So, what can be done?
Brewer and Donalds called the audience to “testify” and “talk about these things in the public square” and pointed to a larger problem at the root of the education crisis: not a political issue, but a spiritual issue.
“Donald Trump can only do so much,” concluded Brewer. “We need the Church to take a stand."
The future of a competent and effective education system lies in the hands of parents who believe in traditional, family values and advocate for their children's needs.
"You need to take care of your own children first," urged Donalds. "Then, do things for your community. Run for school board."
As taxpaying citizens whose hard earned money is funding the corrupt and incompetent public schools, even parents who are homeschooling their children or sending their children to private school have a place on school boards across the country.
The American education system is badly broken and it's up to parents to advocate for their children's future, for school choice, and education reform.
Watch the full panel from CPAC in DC 2025 on Rumble @CPAC.
