Ditch and Tim Van Horn spoke to former Department of Education Press Secretary Angela Morabito about the  country's math scores and if 34th is a win or a loss. Also MIT, UPenn and Harvard presidents refusal to admit what is being said and done by students on their campuses is bullying, hate speech and breaks the schools code of conduct rules. 

The results of the Program for International Student Assessment are in, and they're pretty bleak - our math score sank to an all-time low, dropping 13 points since 2018. We're now 34th in math among the tested countries/economies, getting  out-competed by several east Asian countries, all of Scandinavia (which barely closed during COVID), and places like Latvia, Vietnam, Malta, and more. 
Sec. Cardona is hailing the scores as a win because other countries performed worse and so, we rose in the rankings. He's claiming that $200 billion in K-12 COVID relief spending was a good investment, when our raw scores in reading, math, and science all decreased! Instead of admitting money hasn't solved our country's educational woes, the Department of Education has posted a video gushing about how educators are unicorns. 

Ditch and Tim Van Horn spoke to former Department of Education Press Secretary Angela Morabito about the  country's math scores and if 34th is a win or a loss. Also MIT, UPenn and Harvard presidents refusal to admit what is being said and done by students on their campuses is bullying, hate speech and breaks the schools code of conduct rules. 
The results of the Program for International Student Assessment are in, and they're pretty bleak - our math score <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2023%2F12%2F05%2Fnews%2Fus-10th-graders-score-lowest-ever-on-international-math-test%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CDitch%40cumulus.com%7C51963463f66341ac955508dbf68060ac%7Ce5d6709fbecf4b058cee37f5a62617c4%7C0%7C0%7C638374807432450485%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=YanpAThX3yl2MEwxams6U6wMDrUeIYLChhugXczzlQI%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="VerificationFailed" data-linkindex="0">sank to an all-time low</a>, dropping <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.axios.com%2F2023%2F12%2F05%2Fus-students-pisa-global-assessment&amp;data=05%7C01%7CDitch%40cumulus.com%7C51963463f66341ac955508dbf68060ac%7Ce5d6709fbecf4b058cee37f5a62617c4%7C0%7C0%7C638374807432450485%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=wjrKMR1heVAukwDVLrGsXP7j%2BqbDCNACUaPrcN0cElU%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="VerificationFailed" data-linkindex="1">13 points</a> since 2018. We're now 34th in math among the <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oecd.org%2Fpisa%2FOECD_2022_PISA_Results_Comparing%2520countries%25E2%2580%2599%2520and%2520economies%25E2%2580%2599%2520performance%2520in%2520mathematics.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CDitch%40cumulus.com%7C51963463f66341ac955508dbf68060ac%7Ce5d6709fbecf4b058cee37f5a62617c4%7C0%7C0%7C638374807432450485%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=TyJBUde0R2PWZy5yVV9EFDPoo5GhQCBkunJDM9dsCH0%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="VerificationFailed" data-linkindex="2">tested countries/economies</a>, getting  out-competed by several east Asian countries, all of Scandinavia (which barely closed during COVID), and places like Latvia, Vietnam, Malta, and more.  Sec. Cardona is <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ed.gov%2Fnews%2Fpress-releases%2Fstatement-us-secretary-education-miguel-cardona-recent-pisa-data&amp;data=05%7C01%7CDitch%40cumulus.com%7C51963463f66341ac955508dbf68060ac%7Ce5d6709fbecf4b058cee37f5a62617c4%7C0%7C0%7C638374807432450485%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=3I86X4GKvBni4qZn8CCOl%2B8ykj8QSjSwagCrZRyUgxs%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="VerificationFailed" data-linkindex="3">hailing the scores as a win</a> because other countries performed worse and so, we rose in the rankings. He's claiming that $200 billion in K-12 COVID relief spending was a good investment, when our raw scores in reading, math, and science all decreased! Instead of admitting money hasn't solved our country's educational woes, the Department of Education has <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fusedgov%2Fstatus%2F1732025800461828126&amp;data=05%7C01%7CDitch%40cumulus.com%7C51963463f66341ac955508dbf68060ac%7Ce5d6709fbecf4b058cee37f5a62617c4%7C0%7C0%7C638374807432450485%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=6mtfLAWowf%2BxBrxO3Z%2FPksjYEGo3uL5AFASfVRqsSmQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-auth="VerificationFailed" data-linkindex="4">posted a video</a> gushing about how educators are unicorns.

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