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Today’s School Kids As Dumb As Ever

By Ken Layne Published June 28, 2013, 12:41 pm ET

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Despite all the iPads and Internet porn, America’s school kids are just as dumb as their parents—high school test scores have been flat for 40 years, even though today’s kids spent their entire grade-school years being pointlessly tested.

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