STUDENTS TESTS STUMPING : FALLING SCORES PRECIS

'' Falling test scores : Reasons and fixes '' : The slump in student achievement persists. Our tragic educational decline requires preaching as well as teaching.

The teachers are the foot soldiers, but we have no generals inspiring the entire population, not just the students, to find the pleasure in deep and rational knowledge.

There are many smaller reasons like social media for student distractions, but the overarching culture is one that favors shallow entertainment rather than a rigorous education athleticism.

From the highest levels of government to the kitchen tables, education is disparaged, often for political reasons.

WHAT we need more than anything else is Martin Luther King Jr-type figure to inspire, through eloquent rhetoric, the value and beauty of knowledge and the adventure of learning.

!WOW! thanks David Lagare, Carmel Valley, Calif.