California kills math standards again UC ditches testing as student scores hit all-time low

California can’t seem to quit sabotaging its own future. The University of California system, once a top-tier educational powerhouse, is now more concerned with woke politics than actual learning. Instead of fixing how they teach math, the administrators just put the brakes on even reviewing standardized testing. Why? Because they know their so-called “progressive” experiments keep failing—badly. And while they pat themselves on the back for “equity” and “inclusion,” real student math scores are crashing through the floor.

Here’s what’s happening: As families flee sky-high taxes and runaway crime, California’s leaders still pretend their way is working. But the numbers don’t lie. Students are drowning in math. Yet, UC officials can’t stomach honest assessments. They’d rather bury the evidence that decades of liberal meddling have destroyed standards. This isn’t about helping kids succeed. It’s about protecting the feelings—and the jobs—of the left’s favorite activists and bureaucrats.

Progressives are terrified of anything that would show just how poorly their feel-good policies perform. Standardized testing is their worst nightmare, because it exposes the truth. When you kill the test, you hide your failure. It’s no wonder UC ditched even the review process. What are they so afraid of? That American parents might realize liberal educators don’t care about results—just about keeping their own radical agenda in power.

The real victims here are ordinary families—especially immigrants and working-class students—who deserve the chance to be judged on achievement, not vague “holistic” nonsense. Globalist billionaires and ivory-tower elites don’t mind if our kids slip further behind; their own children will always get into elite schools, no matter what. But for the rest of us, math actually matters.

How much further does California have to fall before voters finally say enough is enough? The progressive ruling class wants to keep the public docile, distracted by pointless buzzwords, while American greatness slips away. The Golden State? More like the Rusted-out State. If this is progress, maybe it’s time we ask—who exactly is benefiting, besides the bureaucrats?

Source: Redstate