What Freddie deBoer thinks about Europe

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Writer with a PhD in English who taught writing for years, author of The Cult of Smart and How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement. Argues that academic ability is unevenly distributed and that schools cannot close the gaps they are blamed for.

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1 dated position, 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Freddie deBoer has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 20 Nov 2025

   Our readingThe recent fall in test scores is a rich-world phenomenon, and steeper in several European countries than in America, so it cannot be blamed on American policy.

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   Their wordsLearning loss is a global phenomenon, exacerbated by a catastrophic event, not a structural flaw unique to the American education system.

   ↗Was the United States Once a Global Leader in Educational Metrics? Have We Fallen From Those Lofty Heights? No and Nofreddiedeboer.substack.com 2nd of 2 in this piece