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Race to the Bottom: Uncovering the Secret Forces Destroying American Public Education Kindle Edition
Everyone wants: High schoolers to graduate well-prepared for jobs. Improved STEM literacy. Greater achievement for inner-city children. Happiness for all children. So why are liberals spending billions of dollars working against those goals?
In Race to the Bottom, Luke Rosiak uncovers the shocking reason why American education is failing: Powerful special interest groups are using our kids as guinea pigs in vast ideological experiments. These groups’ initiatives aren’t focused on making children smarter—but on implementing a radical agenda, no matter the effect on academic standards.
Nonprofits pump billions into initiatives meant to redress racial inequities. Rather than fixing the problem, districts with a big gap between white and black test scores hire consultants who claim the tests are meaningless because they are “racist.” These consultants’ judgments allow school districts to ignore their own failures—ultimately hurting minority students and perpetuating racism.
That is just one example. Drawing on his years in investigative journalism, Rosiak did a deep dive into school files, financial records, and parents’ stories. What he found is that nonprofit influence has crept into the educational bureaucracy all over America. Corrupt school boards and quack diversity consultants abound. Teachers drawing government pay claim it’s unsafe to return to in-person school, but “double dip” teaching in-person private classes. And amid all this focus on money and equity, academic standards are crumbling, which hurts American kids in ways we’ll be suffering for decades.
Race to the Bottom is the first comprehensive exposé of the way radical ideology and self-serving administrators are destroying academic quality in America’s K-12 schools. Rigorous and deeply-researched, this is essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of our kids.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherBroadside e-books
- Publication dateMarch 8, 2022
- File size4.4 MB

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"Luke Rosiak is an absolutely indispensable reporter, and in his new book, he proves why once again. Americans should be able to expect that the schools to which they send their children aren’t indoctrination centers dominated by special interests—but they can’t. Rosiak’s exploration of our failing K–12 system is a damning and deserved indictment.” — Ben Shapiro
“What you saw with teachers unions’ school closures and what you’ve heard about critical race theory is only the tip of the iceberg. If you want to preserve a good life for your kids—and yourself—you need to understand what’s in this book. The stories Luke tells are wild . . . and, unfortunately, all too true.” — Mark Levin
"Luke Rosiak exposes the complex network of activists, unions, bureaucrats, and philanthropists who are hell-bent on racializing the American education system and indoctrinating students with left-wing ideologies. This book is an essential read for parents, educators, and citizens who care about the future of American education. It’s high time for our country to get back to basics, and Race to the Bottom provides a road map for returning to sanity in our schools." — Christopher F. Rufo
“Race to the Bottom pulls no punches. It offers a raw, honest, and evidence-based account of the crisis that has beset our educational intuitions. It is not hyperbole to say that generations of students have been robbed of a genuine education and cognitively damaged because of a system that’s been captured by ideology. Every parent would be wise to read this book.” — Peter Boghossian
“Luke Rosiak is American public education’s only investigative journalist. The pandemic started to open parents’ eyes to the corruption of K–12 education, but any mom or dad who cares to see to the core must read Race to the Bottom. Government schools have fallen under the sway of deep-pocketed institutions advancing an ideology that disdains achievement and degrades the soul. But it’s not too late for parents to fight back. Knowledge is power, and Rosiak’s landmark book will help give parents the power they so desperately need.” — Max Eden
About the Author
Luke Rosiak is an investigative reporter with the Daily Wire. He previously worked as a journalist at the Daily Caller and the Washington Post and is the author of Obstruction of Justice. He lives with his wife and children outside Washington, D.C. in Fairfax County, Virginia.
Charles Constant is an actor whose professional storytelling career began at the age of thirteen, when he became an Actors' Equity Association apprentice. An accomplished audiobook narrator, he has recorded many popular titles, including How to Win at the Sport of Business by Mark Cuban.
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- ASIN : B0953LF32L
- Publisher : Broadside e-books (March 8, 2022)
- Publication date : March 8, 2022
- Language : English
- File size : 4.4 MB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Not Enabled
- Print length : 333 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #793,357 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #156 in Education Policy & Reform
- #209 in Education Policy
- #276 in Educational Psychology (Kindle Store)
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- Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2024Well written & easy to read. Fantastic investigative journalist & the book shows it! Goodluck arguing against the facts & statistics that are so well documented in this book that explain the failures of our school system. Loved reading it!
- Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2022I found this book to be very well researched and extremely informative. It was of much interest to me since I have been a public school teacher for 33 years. I teach in a rural area with very little diversity and i must say that many of the issues discussed in the book have yet to come our way but inevitably they always do.
It is alarming how special interest groups have changed the course of public education as outlined in this book.
We are without a doubt heading in the wrong direction and f we don’t change course soon our great nation will pay a dear price for the agendas being pursued.
From my side of the desk I will say that progressive, liberal ideologies are destroying public education as we speak. This is not including most of the issues covered in this book but rather other policies and practices being put into place that in no way, shape or form prepare our children for the future.
Lack of respect by students and parents toward teachers and administrators, social media, cellphones in schools, zero accountability for behavior of disruptive students, burdening special education regulations, teaching to the bottom instead of the top, and general apathy of the American society toward challenging students or learning in general are all at frightening levels. Education has fallen way down on the list of societal priorities behind sports, entertainment and smartphones/video games. We need to find a way to make education a priority soon are our society will suffer grave consequences.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2022Nowadays, education is a hot topic. The clashes ensuing in schools across the country line the columns of widely-read newspapers. It can be difficult for readers to wholly understand the social, cultural, and political ideas at work. Rosiak’s book takes convoluted ideas and makes them accessible.
Luke Rosiak, the foremost investigative reporter focusing on education in the U.S., breaks down what has occurred behind the scenes; consulting firms pushing equity profiting immensely at the expense of genuine learning; administrators inflating data to cover their own paychecks; teachers unions putting their own interests in front of children; parents being belittled for daring to care about curricula; and more.
This book, like other prominent commentators and writers have suggested, is an “indictment” of the American education system. It offers story after story, communicating to the reader how big government and big business, endlessly infatuated with their own self-serving goals, have stood to collude to push their own agenda. This agenda, unfortunately, has led to the decline of math and reading – and assisted teachers and administrators to receive higher wages for work that deserves no applause in a healthy country.
But this is the point of Rosiak’s book. The K-12 system is operating in an unhealthy way – an unsustainable way. The book is comprehensive – putting quantifiable evidence at the forefront of explaining the politicization of education. If there is any silver lining to this reporting, it is that the problems have largely been identified, and it is up to legislators to enact direct changes to protect vulnerable children at the mercy of a bloated bureaucratic state.
As an intern for Luke at The Daily Wire, I've seen firsthand behind the scenes his efforts to expose corruption and fraud at the highest levels. What this book does is push the conversation forward surrounding education today – and poke everyday Americans to consider the possibility they are being led by opportunists who recognize the power of language distortion. Read the book to gain a much-needed perspective on the state of American education; to understand the many stories across the U.S. that, often, are interconnected in a salute to a disturbing postmodern agenda that is not championing students and parents: but rather an educational deep-state.
Like Rosiak’s other book “Obstruction of Justice: How the Deep State Risked National Security to Protect the Democrats,” there is no happy ending. But perhaps there could be – as all of the complexities he outlines continue to occur on a daily basis – should Americans gain a foundational awareness about these issues.
These issues are not going away, not now at least, but his book provides a blueprint for what you should know.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2024Explains what dismal shape our schools are in. It's incredibly sad and infuriating that our children aren't learning how to spell, read, write, do math as they should.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2022This is a truly eye-opening account of the partisan agenda that local “non-partisan” school board members, and the outside groups that influence them, have integrated into our local public school systems under the guise of social issues. It also connects the dots on the placating of the teachers’ unions and activists that is taking place all over the country. Mr. Rosiak brings back the epitome of true journalism in this two-year endeavor to comprehensively detail the issues deeply rooted within our school systems nationwide. Whether you embrace what he has to say or not, he has sources to back up his factual statements throughout the entire book, and he started writing it before local school boards were making world-wide headlines. I have witnessed first-hand in my own county school system (Loudoun, VA) the agenda of school board members to align with their own personal political beliefs rather than the students and families that they are elected to serve. The problems go much deeper than liberal social ideology, rather they all tie into safety of students within our school systems and whether we are equipping our kids with the tools needed to succeed as young adults. The rot runs deep, folks – if you are a voter, you need to pay attention to Mr. Rosiak’s message.