40% of Kids Can’t Read and Teachers Are Quitting

40% of fourth graders can't read. Kids are asking their teachers why they need to learn to read when AI can do it for them. Social media has destroyed their attention spans and now teachers aren't teaching, instead they're managing withdrawal symptoms. Sources: NAEP Reading Assessment: https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/rep... Teacher Shortages Data: https://www.epi.org/publication/short... Complete source documentation is available on Patreon To support the channel:   / vanessawingardh   Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:12 Students Can’t Read and Have No Comprehension 01:57 40% of Fourth Graders Can’t Read, 33% of Eighth Graders 02:18 TV Isn’t Stimulating Enough for Kids 02:54 Kids Today Don’t Want Cartoons 03:03 Skibidi Toilet Is Rotting Brains 03:27 Students Need TikTok Brain Rot Stimulation in the Classroom 04:25 Research Shows Children Are Addicted to Social Media 04:56 Why Learn to Read If AI Can Read For You 05:26 Children Have Limited Reasoning Abilities 06:06 Creating Learned Helplessness at Scale 06:37 AI is Not Equivalent to a Calculator 07:23 Research Shows AI Usage Reduces Cognition 07:53 Teachers Are Removing Technology from the Classroom 08:04 AI CEOs Want to Replace Thinking 09:35 Teachers Are Managing Behaviors Not Teaching 10:24 Teachers and Mental Health 10:36 86% of Public Schools Can’t Hire Educators 10:59 Teachers Have Highest Burnout Rates 11:14 Teachers Want Out of Education 12:03 Teachers Are Living Paycheck to Paycheck 12:35 97% of Teachers Use Their Own Money to Buy School Supplies 12:50 Education Has Been Devalued, Defunded, Deprioritized