Can We PLEASE Stop Freaking Out About Kids Falling Behind?
Because it’s bullshit.
6 min readJun 14, 2023
Every day I see another hysterical headline about kids falling behind in school. Every. Single. Day.
But falling behind what? Falling behind who?
Question: if everyone is falling behind, doesn’t that simply mean that everyone is in the same place? If everyone is behind, then…