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Our children are failed by an education system that doesn’t care — and teacher unions are to blame

Nypost · · 611 words · By Jennifer Weber; Danyela Souza Egorov
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Our children are failed by an education system that doesn’t care — and teacher unions are to blame See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on Google New York spends more per student than any state in the nation.

Common ground

Yet fewer than half off of its third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students scored proficiently on the English Language Arts exam, according to the preliminary data released this week.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Causal Oversimplification: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder identified 5 propaganda techniques in this article. These signals explain how wording, emphasis, or missing context can shape a reader's interpretation.

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Loaded Language 98% confidence
Using words with strong emotional connotations to influence an audience.
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Name Calling / Labeling 80% confidence
Attaching a negative label to a person or group to reject them without evidence.
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Causal Oversimplification 85% confidence
Assuming a single cause for a complex issue.
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Appeal to Anger 80% confidence
Provoking outrage to bypass rational evaluation of an argument.
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Scapegoating 90% confidence
Blaming a person or group for problems they did not cause.
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Most states now screen every child in reading, starting in kindergarten. New York still does not require it, even after the state’s own task force recommended it in 2024.”
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The evidence provided consists of a flight simulator video and foreign language movie descriptions, which are completely irrelevant to reading screening in New York schools.
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web search NEUTRAL — Welcome onboard flight LX22 from Geneva to New York JFK operated by the Airbus A330-300. Get ready to experience a new level of immersion and realism thanks to the brand new Microsoft Flight Simulator…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_KdjkOLKRw
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web search NEUTRAL — Ребят ждет трудная борьба за свою любовь, наполненная испытаниями, безумными решениями и непредсказуемыми последствиями. Смотрите Подростки. Первая любовь фильм онлайн 2024 года в хорошем качестве HD …
https://kinogo-home.net/2334-podrostki-pervaja-ljubov.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Смотреть онлайн Фильм «Беляковы в отпуске» (2024) в хорошем HD качестве бесплатно и без регистрации. Фильм "Беляковы в отпуске" рассказывает историю обычной семьи из города Таганрога, которая отправля…
https://kinogo.news/28165-beljakovy-v-otpuske.html
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Claim 2: “Third-graders showed an 11-point drop.”
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One web search result explicitly mentions that 43% of third graders tested as proficient, representing a drop of 11 percentage points. Other results discuss different years (2015, 2016) or different trends (increases), meaning only one source corroborates this specific claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ela Lee (born 1995) is a British author and former litigation lawyer. She is known for her debut novel Jaded (2024). In 2025, Lee was named a Forbes 30 Under 30.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ela_Lee
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gabriela Jimeno Caldas (born 11 February 1990), professionally known as Ela Minus, is a Colombian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ela_Minus
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City
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Claim 3: “New York spends more per student than any state in the nation.”
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Multiple web sources confirm New York as the top spender per pupil, with one source explicitly stating it invests nearly triple the amount of the lowest-spending state and another projecting it to be the top spender in 2025.
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web search NEUTRAL — Per Pupil Spending by State: Making Sense of Census Education Data. 3 min read.For example, the top-spending state invests nearly triple the amount per pupil each year (New York at $23,091) than the l…
https://onlinedegrees.sandiego.edu/per-pupil-education-spend…
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web search NEUTRAL — Idaho had the lowest education spending per public school student out of all US states. christiannafzger/Getty Images. Per-pupil spending: $11,060. Number of enrolled students: 285,690. Median househo…
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-states-ranked-education-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Per-pupil spending by the state is a key indicator of education investment in the US. In 2025, several states are leading the way, with New York projected to be the top spender.List of States with the…
https://www.jagranjosh.com/us/explainers/list-of-us-states-t…
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Claim 4: “As of 2019, state test scores would no longer play a role in teacher evaluations.”
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The evidence provided consists of dictionary definitions of the word 'starting' and Wikipedia entries for the NY Jets and NY State, none of which mention teacher evaluation policies.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — These quarterbacks have started at least one game played for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_New_York_Jets_starting…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, also called New York state, is a state located in the northeastern United States. Bordering New England to its east, Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the south, and Canada to its north, New Yo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(state)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City
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Claim 5: “After student performance dropped in 2023, the Board of Regents lowered the “cut scores,” making it easier for students to achieve proficiency in grades 3-8 in math and ELA.”
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The evidence provided consists of generic news homepages (Google News, Fox News, CNN) with no specific information regarding the Board of Regents or cut scores.
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web search NEUTRAL — Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.
https://news.google.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Latest Current News: U.S., World, Entertainment, Health, Business, Technology, Politics, Sports.
https://www.foxnews.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Spectators poured into the center of Washington, DC to catch the first day of the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, a two-day street racing event where cars reach speeds of over 180 miles per hour. Is Russia...
https://www.cnn.com/
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Claim 6: “In 2025, 85% of high school students in New York “graduated.””
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 7: “The biggest drop was seen in fifth grade, a 14-point decrease from the 2024-25 school year.”
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The evidence provided consists of generic news homepages and Wikipedia entries for 'ELAS' (a Greek army) and 'Ela Minus' (a singer), which are irrelevant to NY education scores.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Greek People's Liberation Army (Greek: Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός (ΕΛΑΣ), Ellinikós Laïkós Apeleftherotikós Stratós), known mostly by its acronym ELAS, was the military arm of the le…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELAS
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gabriela Jimeno Caldas (born 11 February 1990), professionally known as Ela Minus, is a Colombian singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ela_Minus
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City
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Claim 8: “the Board of Regents has gone even further, moving to phase out the state regents as graduation requirements starting in 2027-28.”
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Claim 9: “The 17 schools the state identified this year had been failing since 2017.”
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No evidence was found after searching for this claim.
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Claim 10: “By 2024, nor would any measure of whether students learned at all.”
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While Diane Ravitch's blog mentions that the evaluation system is a 'hodgepodge' and some teachers don't have students taking state tests, there is no evidence confirming that by 2024 'no measure of whether students learned at all' exists in evaluations.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York most commonly refers to: New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, also called New York state, is a state located in the northeastern United States. Bordering New England to its east, Pennsylvania and New Jersey to the south, and Canada to its north, New Yo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(state)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City
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Claim 11: “A school in NYS must be among the state’s lowest performers for three consecutive years before Albany can act.”
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No evidence was found after searching for this claim.
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Claim 12: “Just 43% of third-graders, 48% of fourth-graders and 43% of fifth-graders scored proficient in ELA.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of generic homepages for Google News, NYT, and CNN, and Wikipedia entries about the English language and NYC dialects. No specific proficiency percentages for 3rd, 4th, or 5th graders were found.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family that emerged in early medieval England and has since become a global lingua franca. The language is named after the Angles, one…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York City English, or Metropolitan New York English, is a regional dialect of American English spoken primarily in New York City and some of its surrounding metropolitan area. Along with Southern …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_English
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — American English as primarily spoken by Hispanic and Latino Americans on the East Coast of the United States demonstrates considerable influence from New York City English and African-American Vernacu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Latino_English
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