Philly High School Students Go Viral Over Reading Struggles | TSR Investigates

Viral videos showing Philadelphia high school students struggling to read have sparked a nationwide conversation about literacy, education, social media, and whether schools are failing students.

A student at Philadelphia's Prep Charter High School, going by @WhatTheVek on social media, has racked up over 20 million views after posting videos of his classmates struggling to read basic words and solve simple math problems. Former teachers explain how many students are reading below grade level — and some educators say they were discouraged from failing students at all.

@Godd_Iss_HP My 7 yr old reads better than these high school students! She is no longer in public school and is home learning virtually. The strange thing is when she did attend public school, they never visited the library or checked out books! I took my child to the public library weekly and read to her nightly. Now that she is virtual, my concern is they don't write. Everything is done on the computer. She often forgets how to spell her name and her handwriting was once neat but has gone back to poor. Now any writing assignments she has must be done on paper and I take a picture and send it via email to her teacher. I personally feel that the agenda is to purposely keep the children stupid so they will be easy to control as workers and followers. 15 likes

@AllureKing Happening by design. Illiterate people are easier to control. People don’t realize how bad this is. 82 likes

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