Class Dismissed

This week on Class Dismissed, we discuss how America’s literacy decline is not only hurting classrooms and test scores, but even making reality TV dumber, less articulate, and harder to watch.

Class Dismissed examines why so many Gen Z young adults are still relying on their parents for financial support, exploring how rising costs, cultural shifts, and delayed independence are reshaping the path to adulthood for today’s generation.

On this episode of Class Dismissed, the panel reacts to reports that college freshmen are arriving on campus unable to do middle school-level math and asks how schools, screen time, Common Core, and lowered standards allowed students to fall so far behind.

On this episode of Class Dismissed, a teacher meets with the parent of a struggling student who admits her son stays up playing video games until 3 a.m.—but she’s afraid to take them away because he might get mad.

Class Dismissed tackles the growing trend of kids repeating eighth grade to gain a sports advantage, questioning whether parents are chasing scholarships and NIL money at the expense of academics, health, and childhood.

On today’s episode of Class Dismissed, Louisiana’s school choice success is showing that when families are given real educational options, students in even the toughest areas can see graduation rates, college acceptance, and academic achievement rise dramatically.

Class Dismissed takes a funny but troubling look at the decline of cursive writing, as students struggle with basic handwriting skills that once helped build literacy, communication, and fine motor development.

Class Dismissed examines why so many Gen Z young adults are still relying on their parents for financial support, exploring how rising costs, cultural shifts, and delayed independence are reshaping the path to adulthood for today’s generation.

On this episode of “Class Dismissed,” a school is bucking modern trends by ditching technology in the classroom, focusing instead on traditional teaching methods—and early results suggest students are more engaged, attentive, and academically strong without screens.

On this episode of Class Dismissed, we explore the rising stress Gen Z is feeling in everyday life—and how “anxiety bags” have quickly become the latest trend to help calm their nerves.

On this episode of Class Dismissed, we dig into the eye-opening $300K cost of raising a child and what it really means for families trying to make it all work today.

This episode of Class Dismissed dives into the skyrocketing cost of childcare pushing families to their limits, debates whether daycare is worth the tradeoffs, and explores how economic pressures are reshaping parenting decisions and family life in America.

From shocking classroom chaos and bizarre education spending to cultural clashes shaping the next generation, this episode of “Class Dismissed” dives into the stories everyone’s talking about—while exposing the deeper trends transforming schools, students, and society.

This week on Class Dismissed, a growing push to ditch screens for pen and paper sparks new energy in learning, while the rise of AI raises big questions about work, purpose, and human connection. But it’s not all caution—AI proves its value in a real-world home sale success, and the show wraps with a heartwarming penguin story that reminds us how simple acts of creativity can bring unexpected joy.

This episode of Class Dismissed tackles big headlines and lighthearted moments, from a shocking diploma lawsuit to fifth graders running their own class election. The crew breaks down a university’s plant-based dining push before jumping into a hilarious bungee workout segment that proves this show can pivot from serious to straight-up fun in seconds.

On today’s Class Dismissed, the crew dives into why teens are ditching driver’s licenses, debates MrBeast’s push to reinvent school, reacts to a shocking Wisconsin incident involving an autistic student’s lunch, and closes with a hilarious “shopping vibes” parody.

Today on Class Dismissed, the crew celebrates a 10-year-old making history with dual college enrollment, tackles whether school still matters in an AI-driven world, calls out the broken credential system that would block Elon Musk from teaching, and ends with a creative teacher remixing a popular song to help students remember a science lesson.

This week on Class Dismissed, Harvard students protest fewer easy A’s, Gen Z brings mom to job interviews, a four-year-old gets summoned for jury duty, a six-year-old masters budgeting better than most adults, and we wrap it up by asking which music genre you would keep forever.

On this week’s Class Dismissed, we tackle claims that technology is making Gen Z dumber, cheer a 13-year-old Aussie hero who swam through shark-filled waters to save his family, laugh at a viral “bio math” wedding timeline, melt over a tiny British chef cooking for his mum, and debate which superpower we’d love to have.