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The Genius of Thomas Sowell

Ramona Bessinger on Sowell's "Inside American Education" • Part 2

Mar 16, 2022
01:21:32

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Quick takeaways

  • The decline in academic performance among American students is linked to deceptive grading practices and a focus on psychotherapeutic education rather than intellectual development.
  • American education has shifted towards promoting anti-American sentiments and pushing politicized agendas, prioritizing division and reshaping students' perceptions.

Deep dives

Academic skills have been declining since the 1960s

Thomas Sowell's book highlights the noticeable and undeniable decline in academic skills among American students since the 1960s. This decline is supported by a decrease in standardized test scores, while grades continue to inflate. Sowell emphasizes that the decline in academic performance is linked to deceptive grading practices and a focus on psychotherapeutic education rather than intellectual development. He also criticizes the lowering of educational standards and the impact of ideologies and activist agendas infiltrating the educational system.

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