January 7, 2025 • 8 mins
Chris highlights concerning trends in education, such as New Jersey eliminating basic skills tests for teachers and cases like a Hartford student graduating without literacy skills. He criticizes lowering standards to address teacher shortages and underscores the importance of parental involvement and accountability in education. Markowski argues that dumbing down education serves no one and calls for a renewed focus on competency and responsibility in schools. www.watchdogonwallstreet.com
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Watchdog on Wall Street podcast explaining the news coming
out of the complex worlds of finance, economics, and politics
and the impact it we'll have on everyday Americans. Author,
investment banker, consumer advocate, analyst, and trader Chris Markowski bring.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Back the Derek Zulander Center. We need it again in
my obscure sub reference again he might know this one, Zoolander. Yeah,
remember with Ben Stiller, Ben Stiller and Will Ferrell, Well
in the movie. You know, Derek Zoolander not the sharpest
(00:39):
deck in a box. He's a male model and he
wants to have this Derek Zoolander gotta get it right.
Derek Zulander School for kids who can't read good and
who want to learn.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
To do other stuff good too.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Yeah. Anyway, this is the state of education here in
this country. Last week on the program, we we did
that bit the comedian talking about you know, you want
to make America great again? How about doing your homework?
(01:20):
You're willing to die for your country. Are you willing
to do your math homework? But anyway, two stories I
want to share with you.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
This one out of joy Zy okay, uh, Teachers in
New Jersey will no longer be required to pass a
basic reading, writing, and mathematics test to be eligible for
public schools.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Do they do they make doctors past the medical boards
in the state of New Jersey. I'm gonna I'm going
to go through this again for you. Teacher. Teachers in
New Jersey will no longer be required to pass a
basic reading, writing, and mathematics test. This is to teach school.
(02:18):
The law aims to tackle teacher shortages. Oh, your short teachers.
So you're going to lower the bar and you're going
to let people who cannot pass basic reading, writing, and
(02:39):
arithmetic into the classroom. This law, law that was signed
by Governor Phil Murphy, shall not require a candidate seeking
a certificate of eligibility, a Certificate of Eligibility with Advanced
Standing or Provisional Certificate, or a standard instructional certificate to
complete a Commissioner of Education approved test of basic reading,
(03:01):
writing and mathematics skills. Basic again, basic skills. Listen, I
did that. George Carlin bit here on the program talking
about education here in this country. He's not wrong. This
(03:24):
has to be by design. We have to you know, again,
willingly want kids to be dumbed down. But again I'm
gonna be honest. Okay, every especially when my kids were younger,
I was on top of everything that they did. They
were bringing home who their teachers were. If you're not
doing that again, I don't understand parents. How you just
(03:47):
gonna have kids and I'm gonna go to public school
and you just accept it. Listen, if one of my
kids teachers saw I anked them out of the classroom, no, no,
we knew. Sorry, my kid's not gonna have this teacher
(04:12):
because I know this teacher sucks. Anyway, this one from
the Epic Times. And again I thank one of my
listeners sending this over. I didn't see this again. This
is one that you can't even make this up. A
(04:34):
few weeks before high school graduation, Alicia Ortez had some
terse words for the Hartford Board of Education. I felt
like they didn't care about my future, just talking about
her school. I truly believe that you do not value
me as a student and as a human being, and
(04:57):
that you do not care about my education. Ortiz was
awarded a diploma by the Hartford High School and accepted
accepted at the University of Connecticut Hartford. This despite never
(05:20):
learning to read or write. She sued sued the Hartford
Board of Education due to language limitations, Ortiz had required
(05:40):
an individualized learning plan since the first Great language limitations.
I'm assuming here that last name. I'm just going to
assume it's Spanish that she knows. But I don't care.
If it's Swahili, I don't care. If it's Greek, care
if it's Italian, I don't care if it's Russian. During
(06:04):
the first grade, by the time you make it to
twelfth you should probably be able to read and write anyway.
It says she was supervised by a team of case
managers and special education teachers during her entire academic career.
(06:28):
By middle school, most of her academic skills were at
kindergarten or first grade levels. This is the school's fault. No,
it's not the school's fault. This is your fault. This
is your family's fault. A school social worker issued a
(06:51):
report on Ortiz's situation during the end of her junior year.
The report stated that Ortiz consistently and persistently advocated for
reading and writing supports reported that she could not write
and could barely hold a pencil. She struggled to sit
and write in class and then she had to take
(07:12):
work home to use talk to text on her computer again,
and they're saying that recent state assessment results show that
low literacy scores are it's not an anomaly here what
we're seeing. Listen. I don't know what to tell you people.
(07:40):
You know, I've heard this argument from certain teachers out there,
just you know, get the kids through, at least get
them a diploma. For crying out loud, what is this
girl going to do in college? And who's paying for
her college? Are the taxpayers paying for her for her
to go to college? How is I mean, what what
(08:03):
is the point of going to college if you cannot
read and write? Yeah? I don't say, people, I I
I really don't. Again, this one had my my jaw
drop again. We need the Zoolander Center watchdog on Wall
(08:25):
Street dot com
The Watchdog on Wall Street podcast explaining the news coming
out of the complex worlds of finance, economics, and politics
and the impact it we'll have on everyday Americans. Author,
investment banker, consumer advocate, analyst, and trader Chris Markowski bring.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Back the Derek Zulander Center. We need it again in
my obscure sub reference again he might know this one, Zoolander. Yeah,
remember with Ben Stiller, Ben Stiller and Will Ferrell, Well
in the movie. You know, Derek Zoolander not the sharpest
(00:39):
deck in a box. He's a male model and he
wants to have this Derek Zoolander gotta get it right.
Derek Zulander School for kids who can't read good and
who want to learn.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
To do other stuff good too.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Yeah. Anyway, this is the state of education here in
this country. Last week on the program, we we did
that bit the comedian talking about you know, you want
to make America great again? How about doing your homework?
(01:20):
You're willing to die for your country. Are you willing
to do your math homework? But anyway, two stories I
want to share with you.
Speaker 3 (01:26):
This one out of joy Zy okay, uh, Teachers in
New Jersey will no longer be required to pass a
basic reading, writing, and mathematics test to be eligible for
public schools.
Speaker 2 (01:47):
Do they do they make doctors past the medical boards
in the state of New Jersey. I'm gonna I'm going
to go through this again for you. Teacher. Teachers in
New Jersey will no longer be required to pass a
basic reading, writing, and mathematics test. This is to teach school.
(02:18):
The law aims to tackle teacher shortages. Oh, your short teachers.
So you're going to lower the bar and you're going
to let people who cannot pass basic reading, writing, and
(02:39):
arithmetic into the classroom. This law, law that was signed
by Governor Phil Murphy, shall not require a candidate seeking
a certificate of eligibility, a Certificate of Eligibility with Advanced
Standing or Provisional Certificate, or a standard instructional certificate to
complete a Commissioner of Education approved test of basic reading,
(03:01):
writing and mathematics skills. Basic again, basic skills. Listen, I
did that. George Carlin bit here on the program talking
about education here in this country. He's not wrong. This
(03:24):
has to be by design. We have to you know, again,
willingly want kids to be dumbed down. But again I'm
gonna be honest. Okay, every especially when my kids were younger,
I was on top of everything that they did. They
were bringing home who their teachers were. If you're not
doing that again, I don't understand parents. How you just
(03:47):
gonna have kids and I'm gonna go to public school
and you just accept it. Listen, if one of my
kids teachers saw I anked them out of the classroom, no, no,
we knew. Sorry, my kid's not gonna have this teacher
(04:12):
because I know this teacher sucks. Anyway, this one from
the Epic Times. And again I thank one of my
listeners sending this over. I didn't see this again. This
is one that you can't even make this up. A
(04:34):
few weeks before high school graduation, Alicia Ortez had some
terse words for the Hartford Board of Education. I felt
like they didn't care about my future, just talking about
her school. I truly believe that you do not value
me as a student and as a human being, and
(04:57):
that you do not care about my education. Ortiz was
awarded a diploma by the Hartford High School and accepted
accepted at the University of Connecticut Hartford. This despite never
(05:20):
learning to read or write. She sued sued the Hartford
Board of Education due to language limitations, Ortiz had required
(05:40):
an individualized learning plan since the first Great language limitations.
I'm assuming here that last name. I'm just going to
assume it's Spanish that she knows. But I don't care.
If it's Swahili, I don't care. If it's Greek, care
if it's Italian, I don't care if it's Russian. During
(06:04):
the first grade, by the time you make it to
twelfth you should probably be able to read and write anyway.
It says she was supervised by a team of case
managers and special education teachers during her entire academic career.
(06:28):
By middle school, most of her academic skills were at
kindergarten or first grade levels. This is the school's fault. No,
it's not the school's fault. This is your fault. This
is your family's fault. A school social worker issued a
(06:51):
report on Ortiz's situation during the end of her junior year.
The report stated that Ortiz consistently and persistently advocated for
reading and writing supports reported that she could not write
and could barely hold a pencil. She struggled to sit
and write in class and then she had to take
(07:12):
work home to use talk to text on her computer again,
and they're saying that recent state assessment results show that
low literacy scores are it's not an anomaly here what
we're seeing. Listen. I don't know what to tell you people.
(07:40):
You know, I've heard this argument from certain teachers out there,
just you know, get the kids through, at least get
them a diploma. For crying out loud, what is this
girl going to do in college? And who's paying for
her college? Are the taxpayers paying for her for her
to go to college? How is I mean, what what
(08:03):
is the point of going to college if you cannot
read and write? Yeah? I don't say, people, I I
I really don't. Again, this one had my my jaw
drop again. We need the Zoolander Center watchdog on Wall
(08:25):
Street dot com
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