Dumb and Dumber (Nos. 133-134)

Watching the Education Apocalypse in Slow Motion

May 05, 2026

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DUMB & DUMBER (NO. 133)

K-12 EDITION

BECAUSE THEY’RE NOT YOUR CHILDREN ANYMORE AND EDUCATION ISN’T THE GOAL: Instead Of Reading And Math, Teachers Are Grading Kids On Personality And Emotions

THE MIND CONTROLLERS ARE LOSING THEIR GRIP ON REALITY: Will Johnny ever learn to read? Pushback against science of reading mandates

TITLE CORRECTION: GOVERNMENT SCHOOL TEST SCORES CONTINUE TO DECLINE OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 50 YEARS: Public School Test Scores Continue To Decline Since Pandemic

ETERNAL VIGILANCE: Reasons to keep an eye on the activists in schools.

IDEAS HAVE CONSEQUENCES (e.g., bridges falling, planes dropping out of the sky, etc.): Woke Mathematics in Education- Part 1. While the last few years have witnessed growing “fatigue” regarding woke and DEI policies, they are still prominent fixtures in our society, especially (and unfortunately) in our STEM fields.

DEMOGRAPHY IS DESTINY: THE COLLAPSE IS COMING FASTER THAN YOU THINK, AND IT’S ALL SELF-INFLICTED:

UH-OH: Leaked docs put nation’s largest teachers’ union in hot seat from top watchdog

HIGHER ED EDITION

AN ARRESTING TITLE BUT ON TARGET: Defund The Education Institutions Churning Out Left-Wing Assassins

CAUSE: San Francisco Reinstates 8th-Grade Algebra After ‘Equity’ Experiment Fails. EFFECT: Colleges drop remedial math, students drop math courses.

WHAT CAN’T GO ON FOREVER, WON’T: Americans waking up to reality around college.

NOW IS THE TIME TO INVEST IN BLUE BOOKS BECAUSE THE BLUE BOOK EXAM IS BACK: AI Will Destroy Universities

WORST FINANCIAL DECISION OF MY LIFE WAS TO NOT HAVE INVESTED IN THE COMPANIES THAT MAKE BLUE BOOKS: Colleges Bring Back Blue-Book Tests To Fight AI Cheating, But There’s A Hitch

NO! Next Question: Can Universities Be Reformed?

IDEAS HAVE CONSEQUENCES: ANALYSIS: ‘Death to America’ chants echo across campuses due to Iranian influence and radical professors.

MORE FREE ADVERTISING FOR HOMESCHOOLING: SICK, EVIL MONSTERS’: Principal who celebrated Charlie Kirk assassination gets busted for child porn, now learns fate

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION EDITION

BUT NOT MUCH ELSE: Nursing schools finally can cure the DEI disease

DUMB & DUMBER (NO. 134)

K-12 EDITION

THAT BAD PEOPLE WANT TO HURT OUR CHILDREN IS NOT SURPRISING. What is surprising is that the government schools are ok with it: ‘Gaining steam’: Terror ‘front group’ accused of strong-arming U.S. schools into promoting Islam

THERE WILL BE LAWSUITS—PROMISE: NY School District Secretly Promoted Medical Gender Transitions For 8th Graders

TOTALLY NORMAL: FIRED! Kindergarten teacher terrified kids with his fetish persona as a wolf

GOOD NEWS, BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH. Zero is the number we’re looking for: The Education Department Is Shrinking

WHY IS IT ALMOST ALWAYS FEMALE TEACHERS? Former Teacher Of The Year Finalist Gets 14 Years For Sexually Exploiting A Student

UMM . . . PRETTY SURE THE ANSWER IS THE METHOD BY WHICH CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT HOW NOT TO READ VIA THE “WHOLE WORD” APPROACH TAUGHT IN THE SO-CALLED “ED” SCHOOLS: Why Johnny Can’t Read.

HIGHER ED EDITION

YOU’D THINK A FEW PROFESSORS AT PENN MIGHT DO THAT, BUT NO . . . : Pennsylvania lawmaker calls for mandated course for students on ‘dangers and realities’ of Marxism.

AND THE ARGUMENT IN DEFENSE OF THE PROFESSOR WOULD BE . . . WHAT? Please enlighten us. What do you think? Is College Making People Stupider?

CORNELL IS IN BIG TROUBLE: Biologist accuses Cornell of ‘egregious’ discrimination against white men in lawsuit.