Tom Campbell: Miseducation of our children needs to stop

“Insanity,” said Albert Einstein, “is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” What we are doing in public education isn’t working for many of North Carolina’s children. Our leaders and educators obviously didn’t get Einstein’s message.

If you want proof, read the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the “nation’s report card.” Our country spends more money on education than any in the world, yet after peaking in 2009, scores in reading and math have actually declined over the past eight years. North Carolina’s results mirror those of the nation. Since 2011, student scores among the 1.5 million k-12 public school students have declined.