Rosemarie Havsom reports on How are students graduating from high school if they can’t read?
And how are scholarships being awarded when basic literacy and critical thinking are missing?
This crisis didn’t appear overnight. It traces back to policies like No Child Left Behind, signed under George W. Bush — a system that rewarded test compliance, social promotion, and optics over actual learning.
The result?
• Illiterate graduates
• Lowered academic standards
• Credentials without competence
• Scholarships based on optics, checkboxes, and narratives instead of mastery
• A generation pushed forward without the tools to reason, regulate emotions, or think independently
Parents need to understand what this really means for the future.
When leaders can’t read deeply…
Can’t think critically…
Can’t regulate emotions under pressure…
And lack empathy…
They don’t just fail individually — they fail everyone they lead.
This is not an attack on students.
This is an indictment of a system that abandoned excellence — and told parents “everything is fine.”
It’s not. This segment was created by the African Diaspora News Channel editorial team. All content is human-generated. Connect with Rosemarie: https://www.youtube.com/@havsom
