It all shifted in 2012:

I am an optimist, so I do think things will improve eventually, and we're going through a tough transition.

This graph on that page was very interesting to me: "Below-Basic Reading Levels". People's education levels are dropping.

	▲	bombcar 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Any "aggregate" statistic needs to be broken out until it is understood. Is everyone dropping, or is it a certain subset of poor, etc that is dropping? E.g., does the Mississippi Miracle translate into something notable? https://jabberwocking.com/mississippi-revisited-the-mississi...